Soumya Rajan

has been appointed head of Standard Chartered Private Bank in India.

Sandeep Lakhina

has been named chief operating officer (South Asia) for Starcom Worldwide.

Abhijit Lahiri

is the new assistant vice-president for north and east India, 141 Sercon.

Suvendu Chander

has been elected chairman of ICAI’s eastern India regional council.

Farhad Irani

will lead PayPal’s business in the Asia Pacific.

Sunil Srivastava

has joined Anglo French Drugs & Industries as the marketing manager

Roger C.B. Pereira

is the new global vice-chairman of Edelman.

Atul Kumar Labh

has been appointed on the panel of arbitrators on Bombay Stock Exchange’s regional arbitration centre, Calcutta.