June 2024: Top 25 headlines

In June’s top headlines, Sarah Friar is named CFO of OpenAI; Sanoke Viswanathan is named head of JPMorgan Chase's international wealth business; Guido Skudlarek is named President, North America at Evonik; Vellayan Subbiah Subbiah is named EY World Entrepreneur of The Year for 2024; Dave Marcontell joins JetBlue as VP, Technical Operations; and more.

2 alumnae – Anjali Bansal (MUME, NYWT 97-03) and Ruchi Kalra (GURU, MUME 07-16) – named to Inc42's Women Torchbearers of India's Startup Investment Space (read more)

Tandem Health, co-founded by Oscar Boldt-Christmas (GOTH, STOC, LOX, STO 97-97, 04-24) and Lukas Saari (STOC 19-23), raises $9.5 million in funding (read more)

Mma Afoaku (NYWT 20-24) joins the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) as Chief of Staff (read more)

Frank Appel (FRAN 93-00) appointed external VP at the Max Planck Society (read more)

Abhijit Dubey (STTL, SANF, SLL 00-21) joins NTT DATA as CEO of its business outside Japan (read more)

Umar Farooq (NYWT, STAM 00-05) named Global Co-Head, J.P. Morgan Payments at J.P. Morgan (read more)

Sarah Friar (LOND 96-98) named CFO of OpenAI (read more)

Danielle Jin (ATLP, SHAN 99-99, 00-02) named to Asia Pacific’s list, "Top 8 Most Influential CMOs in Financial Services" (read more)

Dave Marcontell (ATLP 23-24) joins JetBlue as VP, Technical Operations (read more)

Jukka Moisio (STO, HELS 88-88, 89-91) elected Vice Chair of Cargotec (read more)

Naheed Nenshi (TORO 94-96, 98-01) elected leader of Canada's Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP)

Max Neukirchen (NYWT, BERL 02-13) named Global Co-Head, J.P. Morgan Payments at J.P. Morgan (read more)

Pierre-Yves Roussel (PARI 90-04) appointed to Board of McLaren Group (read more)

Thomas Rüdiger Smith (SYDN, COPE, MELB 11-24) joins Faerch Group as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer (read more)

Alessandro Santoliquido (MILA, ROME 87-96) joins UniCredit as Head of Pan-European Insurance Strategy (read more)

Guido Skudlarek (CLGN 01-13) named President, North America at Evonik (read more)

Daniel Steiners (DUSS 99-09) joins Roche as General Manager, Pharma Business, Germany (read more— in German)

Vellayan Subbiah Subbiah (CHGO, NYTH, CLEV 94-00) named EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 (read more)

Harry Taylor (TORO 88-93) joins executive team of Hydro One Limited as EVP, Chief Financial and Regulatory Officer (read more)

Sanoke Viswanathan (NYWT, MUME 98-10) named head of international wealth business at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (read more – subscription required)

Jay Walder (LOX 07-09) elected to Board of Alstom (read more – in German)

May 2024: Top 25 headlines

In May’s top headlines, Salim Ramji is named CEO of Vanguard; Ming Zhang is named Managing Director of Disney China; Raj Seshadri is named Chief Commercial Payments Officer at Mastercard; Stephanie Eckermann joins the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse; Heikki Malinen is named CEO of Neste Corporation; and more.

Z. Wura Abiola (LOND, NYWT 96-96, 96-99) appointed to Board of Coca-Cola HBC (read more)

Ann-Kristin Achleitner (FRAN 94-95) elected to Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post (read more)

Frank Appel (FRAN 93-00) elected to Supervisory Board of RWE Group (read more)

Julie Bagur (PARI 08-15) joins Getlink Group as Chief Development Officer (read more)

Julie Bruno (BOST, SLVY 15-19) promoted to COO at CRISPR Therapeutics (read more)

Ignacio Campos (CHGO, MADR 08-14) named CEO of Premier Packaging, following its acquisition by Tide Rock (read more)

Alexey Dang (SLVY 19-20) co-authors new book, "The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth" (read more)

Stephanie Eckermann (FRAN, MUNI 00-00, 01-20) named Head of Post-Trading division and member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse (read more)

Torstein Hagen's (AMST, COPE, LOND 68-76) Viking cruise line has "largest IPO of 2024," raising $1.5B (read more)

Thomas Hawighorst (AMST, FRAN 12-18) publishes new book, "Shift: Increase Your Impact" (read more)

Sandra Ho (SING, NYWT 10-10, 11-16) named Head of Home Lending Sales at Wells Fargo (read more)

Sharon Kedar (SANF, HOUS 95-02) launches new podcast, "Innovate and Elevate", with Series One focusing on women's health (read more)

Gunjan Kedia (PITT 96-04) promoted to President at U.S. Bancorp (read more)

Andreas Künzler (ZUL, ZURI 01-10) named COO, Switzerland at UBS (read more)

Jinane Laghrari (PARI, CASA 04-11, 18-23) to join Board of Ryanair, effective July 1 (read more)

Jan Lehmann (CLGN 99-06) named CEO of the European Olympic Committees (read more)

Heikki Malinen (ATLP 97-00) named CEO of Neste Corporation, effective November 2 (read more)

Liz McNally (NYWT, STAM 08-21) named Deputy Director, Commercial Operations at the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (read more)

Pradeep Parameswaran (ATLP, MUME, GURU 01-15) promoted to Global Head of Business, Business Development and Fleets at Uber (read more)

Sundar Pichai (SLVY 01-01, 02-04), CEO of Alphabet, named to U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (read more)

Salim Ramji (NYWT 98-14) named CEO of Vanguard (read more)

Gianmaria Scocca (ROME 02-11) named Head of Branches, Europe Bank at Revolut (read more— in Italian)

Tom Seeman (LOND, NYWT 91-96) publishes memoir: "Animals I Want To See: A Memoir of Growing Up in the Projects and Defying the Odds" (read more)

Raj Seshadri (NYWT 94-94, 95-06) named Chief Commercial Payments Officer at Mastercard

Lola Woetzel (SHAN, HONG, LAN 85-24) to begin role as Visiting Professor of Global China Studies at NYU Shanghai on September 1

Alice Woodwark (CHGO, LOX, LOND 97-97, 99-01, 03-13) elected to Board of Vistry Group

Winston Yung (HONG 98-05, 14-24) named Senior Executive Vice President at KGI Life (read more)

Ming Zhang (SHAN, BEIJ 00-00, 01-14) named Managing Director of Disney China (read more)

Tanja zu Waldeck (CLGN 02-07) to join TX Group as COO in October (read more)

Kedaara Capital, founded by Manish Kejriwal (CLEV, MUME, NYWT 91-04), Nishant Sharma (GURU 01-03), and Sunish Sharma (GURU 97-04), raises a record $1.7 billion, following on $1.1 billion fund three years ago (read more)

Obituaries

Jean-Jacques Berard (PARI, DUSS 74-81) (read more)

Camilo Martins (SAOP 08-23)