| Date: October 29, 2010 | ||
| Tesco HSC India appoints Dayanand Allapur as Head of Human Resources | ||
| Bangalore, India – October 29, 2010: Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (Tesco HSC), the global services arm for Tesco, world’s third largest retailer, today announced the appointment of Dayanand Allapur as Head of Human Resources. In his role, he will be responsible for overseeing all of the Human Resource functions including Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Employee Engagement and Learning & Development. On this occasion, Sandeep Dhar, CEO, Tesco HSC said, "Dayanand joins us at a stage when we are scaling up and deepening our support for Tesco globally. His diverse experience across industries and geographies in the HR will be extremely useful for us to achieve these goals." Dayanand brings with him over 20 years of a well-rounded global experience in Human Resources, having lived and worked in UK, Australia, USA and India. During these years, he has managed significant portfolios in Employee Engagement, Talent Management, Global Resource Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Change Management as well as Program Management of large initiatives. His last role before joining Tesco HSC was with Patni Americas Inc. as Vice President and Head of Human Resources, based out of Boston, USA. Commenting on his appointment, Dayanand Allapur said "Tesco HSC is uniquely organized as providing IT, Business services and Finance Services to Tesco globally and I am delighted to be part of such a diverse organization. I look forward to building a strong workforce and a higher level of employee engagement as Tesco HSC experiences rapid growth." About Tesco HSC Tesco Hindustan Service Centre (HSC) is the global services arm for Tesco. We are at the heart of the Tesco group‚ providing IT‚ business and finance services to Tesco operations across Europe‚ Asia and America. Tesco HSC went live in May 2004‚ and currently has over 3500 employees. Tesco HSC is Tesco owned and run‚ and shares the company values and customer focus. For more information, visit: www.tescohsc.com About Tesco plc Tesco is the UK's largest retailer and one of the world's leading international retailers. The Tesco Group had sales of £51.8 billion with pre-tax profits of £2,846 million in the year to February 2008. As at February 2008, we had 4,308 stores, employing over 468,508 people in 14 countries. This includes 2,115 stores in the UK, 747 stores in the rest of Europe (Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey) and 814 stores in Asia (China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand). We launched a new business in the United States in November 2007 through the development of a new convenience format. We will develop cash-and-carry business in India with exclusive agreement with Tata. We are the market leader in six of the countries we trade in. Tesco is a multi-format business, operating hypermarkets, superstores, supermarkets and convenience stores. |
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