CIO & LEADER-November 2017 (1)

Insight
Girish Rao Appointed As Future
Group's Transformation Head
Veteran technology leader Girish Rao has been
appointed as the Chief Digital Transformation Officer
of retail major Future Group. He will drive transformation
initiatives across the group. Rao was earlier
the Head - IT of FMCG company Marico where
he served for more than a decade. Rao has been a
member of the NEXT100 jury for last few years.
Reliance Brands Has A New CTO
P K X Thomas has taken over as Chief Technology
Officer at Reliance Lifestyle Holdings Limited
(Reliance Brands). An e-commerce industry veteran,
he has served in companies such as Hpscotch, Cleartrip
and had had an earlier stint with Reliance
Brands itself.
Archana Deskus is HPE’s New
Global CIO
Over the past several months, HPE has communicated
a lot about HPE Next, a company-wide initiative
that will architect a purpose-built company designed
to compete and win in the markets where we participate.
A key part of this program is a set of critical
investments towards driving innovation, enhancing
our go-to-market, and improving our business
processes. And a key enabler of all of this will be our
investments in IT.
Archana Deskus will drive HPE's IT strategy.
For the past four years, Archie was CIO at Baker
Hughes where she transformed their IT organization
into a strategic business partner, while delivering
operational performance and business value. Prior
to Baker Hughes, she held CIO roles at Ingersoll-
Rand, Timex Corporation, and United Technologies
Corporation
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