Hindustan Copper appoints Santosh Sharma as CMD

Santosh Sharma was on Monday appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL). He is currently director (operations) in the same company, reported by a news agency.

The appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post for a period of five years, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said.

Sharma has been a Director of Operations at Hindustan Copper Ltd. since March 1, 2016 and serves as its Executive Director. Sharma served as an Executive Director of Operations, Executive Director of CGP unit at Hindustan Copper Ltd. and served as its General Manager of Operations.

Emandi Sankara Rao has been appointed as managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. He is at present working as director and CEO of IIFCL Asset Management Company Ltd. Rao has been appointed to the post for a period of three years, the DoPT order said.

The ACC has also approved appointment of Debasis Jana as CMD of Andrew Yule and Co. Ltd (AYCL), Kolkata. He is working as director (planning) in the same company. He will hold the post for five years, the order said.