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AMD India Gets New Director, GM
 | Hiren Israni, as director of finance, will look after finance, and Gautam Mukherjee, as general manager of OEM sales, will ensure the increased adoption of AMD technologies. |
Friday, September 21, 2007: AMD has appointed Hiren Israni to the role of director of finance for high-growth markets and Gautam Mukherjee to the role of general manager of OEM sales. In his new role, Hiren will be responsible for the overall financial operations including sales and marketing, R&D and software development operations. Gautam Mukherjee, on the other hand, will have national responsibility for the increased adoption of AMD technologies amongst the OEMs in the country -- both multinational and local OEMs.
Both Hiren Israni and Gautam Mukherjee form part of the core management team, which is leading the charge for AMD in the region. Hiren joins AMD after a 13-year stint with Motorola, where he most recently served as the director of business operations, mobile devices business for South West Asia and Mukherjee joins AMD from Intel where he served as the worldwide programme manager for the community PC, a part of the emerging markets platforms group.
"Hiren and Gautam form a critical part of the matrix to sustain AMD's growth in the region," said Alok Ohrie, managing director, AMD India. "Hiren joins AMD with a proven track record of operational excellence across the region and Gautam with wide multi-faceted experience in sales and marketing. We look forward to their leadership as we scale our growth and execute on a number of major strategic initiatives in the coming months."
Hiren is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a MBA degree from the Washington University, John M Olin School of Business in St Louis. Gautam holds a B.Tech degree from the Banaras Hindu University and in addition, holds a post graduate management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Gautam Mukherjee’s Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst Institute CFA, Investments, 2006 — 2009 (expected)
- Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
MBA, Marketing and Systems, 1990 — 1992 - Institute of Technology, BHU
B.Tech, Electronics, 1984 — 1988