CyanConnode Holdings plc announced that it has appointed Allan Baig as Group Chief Operating Officer and Ratna Garapati as Chief Operating Officer of CyanConnode India, both non-Board appointments. Allan Baig joined CyanConnode in June 2017 and has thirty years' experience in management and engineering with leading technology companies. Prior to joining CyanConnode, he held the position of Project Manager at Landis Gyr and led their UK Smart Meter Implementation Program, (UKSMIP). Alan was responsible for project management across engineering functions, including product development, systems integration, and deployment, predominantly for UKSMIP. As Group Chief Operating Officer at CyanConnode, he will lead all operations and engineering disciplines across teams in the UK and India. Allan will report directly to John Cronin, Executive Chairman. Ratna Garapati has over 25 years' experience in product development and management, IT business operations management and strategic planning and digital transformation. Ratna most recently held the position of Vice President at Trilliant India, where he was responsible for business development, strategy, and operations. His key achievements at Trilliant India includes the winning and implementation of multiple smart grid pilots and actively participating in the implementation of over 5 million Smart Meters, of which 1.3 million have been commissioned. Prior to Trilliant, Ratna was Chief Delivery Officer of Smart Energy and Smart Cities for Fluentgrid India, where he customised and deployed the world's largest Cloud Utility Billing Solution in Uttar Pradesh for 22 million consumers in 6 months and demonstrated the scalability of Meter Data Management System, (MDMS), for 10 million smart meters. In his role as Chief Operating Officer India, he will be responsible for managing CyanConnode India's operations and customer delivery functions. Ratna will report directly to Ajoy Rajani, MD and CEO of CyanConnode India.