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NatWest Group announced that its Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Zachery Anderson, will leave the bank next month after more than five and a half years in the role. Anderson, who also leads open banking, personalisation, and AI, played a central role in shaping NatWest’s data and AI strategy. A bank spokesperson said, “Zachery is leaving NatWest Group to pursue an opportunity outside the bank…
Norstella announced the appointment of Kris Joshi as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Mike Gallup, who will transition to the role of Executive Chairman. Norstella, through its brands Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, and The Dedham Group, provides pharma intelligence solutions to support biopharma companies across the drug development and commercialization lifecycle. The company also offers its integrated data platform, NorstellaLinQ, which connects insights to help accelerate innovation in life sciences…
eMed Population Health announced the appointment of Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X (Twitter), as its new Chief Executive Officer. Yaccarino, who also held senior leadership roles at NBCUniversal as Chairman of global advertising and partnerships, brings decades of experience in steering large-scale transformations and building strategic partnerships. Her appointment marks a key step for eMed as it expands its GLP-1/GIP population health management services across employer and government programs…
Icertis, an AI-powered contract intelligence company, has announced that Co-Founder and CEO Samir Bodas will transition to the role of Executive Chairman after more than 15 years of leadership, while Chief Operating Officer Anand Subbaraman has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer. Bodas co-founded the company in 2009 with Monish Darda and expanded it to nearly $350 million in annual recurring revenue…
Amazon is scaling up its efforts to reduce waste and promote sustainable packaging, reporting significant progress across its global operations. Since 2015, the company has avoided more than 4.2 million metric tons of packaging, the equivalent weight of over 480 Seattle Space Needles. In 2024 alone, Amazon reduced plastic packaging by 16.4% worldwide and shipped 12% of its orders without any additional packaging…
GitHub Chief Executive Thomas Dohmke announced that he will step down from the Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform to start a new venture. Dohmke, who joined Microsoft after selling his startup more than a decade ago, said his “startup roots” influenced the decision. “I’ve decided to leave GitHub to become a founder again,” he wrote in a blog post, without revealing further details…
As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of H2O.ai, Sri Ambati has built one of the most widely adopted AI platforms in the world, empowering more than 20,000 organizations, including over half of the Fortune 500. His vision to democratize AI is rooted in moments that revealed technology’s life-saving potential: his mother’s breast cancer diagnosis sparked a commitment to use mathematics against disease, and during the Delta wave of the COVID-19 pandemic…
For Connie Chen, transforming mental health care starts with marrying medical expertise and technology at scale. As Chief Operating Officer at Lyra Health, she leads the company’s efforts to expand access to high-quality mental health services, including the development of its Blended Care Therapy programs. Having built and scaled tech-enabled health services before, she approaches her work with the belief that care delivery can be both deeply personal and operationally efficient…
As Chief Executive Officer at Dropbox, Drew Houston thrives on tackling problems others overlook, turning everyday frustrations into solutions used by hundreds of millions worldwide. The idea for Dropbox emerged from his irritation with clunky file-sharing tools and his belief that a seamless alternative could serve anyone with an internet connection…
