people movment

Aditya Birla Retail's marketing head joins TatasTrexa,
the mall management company of Tata Group's retail arm Trent and a global private equity firm The Xander Group, has hired Sanjay Badhe as its new CEO, according to sources. Badhe will be making the shift from Aditya Birla Retail where he served as head of marketing. Badhe has earlier worked with companies such as Shoppers Stop, Raymond, Al Futtaim Watches & Jewellery and MARG Marketing Group.

Gitanjali Group appoints Dhiresh Sharma as retail headGitanjali Group,
country's leading integrated jewellery maker, has announced the appointment of its new retail head - Dhiresh Sharma.Sharma, on his appointment said, "I am extremely excited to have been entrusted with the task of leading the retail function at the Gitanjali Group. I am confident that all together we will write yet another page of the success story of the Gitanjali Group."

Zhongpin appoints Feng Wang as new CFOZhongpin,
a leading meat and food processing company in China, has named Feng Warren Wang as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Yuanmei Ma, company's former CFO, had earlier resigned from the post for personal reasons. Wang's career spans over 10 years with key leadership positions in finance, audit, accounting, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions. He most recently served as group finance controller for Agria Corporation, an agri-solutions provider.Zhongpin is a meat and food processing company. With over 2,960 retail outlets across China, the company also sells fruits and vegetables.

LSG appoints new VP, Middle East
LSG Sky Chefs has announced that Michael Malchartzeck will take on the role of vice president - sales and services, Middle East, based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Malchartzeck will take the charge on November 1. Michael Malchartzeck has been VP sales and services for the company's Asia/Pacific region since August 2006. Previous to that, he held various sales and managerial positions with LSG Sky Chefs as well as in-flight positions at Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. LSG Sky Chefs is the world's leading provider of in-flight services that include airline catering, in-flight equipment and logistics as well as the management of onboard service and in-flight retail.

Kesa Electricals appoints new CEO
Kesa Electricals, Europe's third largest electrical retailing group, has announced that Jean-Noel Labroue has decided to retire. He will leave after a handover period to Thierry Falque-Pierrotin who is joining the Group on January 5, 2009 as CEO. Falque-Pierrotin joins from PPR Group where he has been chairman and CEO since 2001 of Redcats Group.