Three Indian-American CEOs join task force to help India fight COVID-19
The Hindu
Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response.
Three Indian-American CEOs Sunder Pichai from Google, Punit Renjen from Deloitte and Shantanu Narayen from Adobe have joined the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, which is overseeing an unprecedented corporate sector initiative to help India successfully fight COVID-19. The names of the three CEOs were added to the list of the steering committee on May 6. The CEOs have been active in organising U.S. companies’ response to the COVID-19 crisis in India. Others who were added to the list on May 6 are Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Joshua Bolten, president and CEO, Business Roundtable; and Suzanne Clark, president and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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