10 Aug, 2008, 0114 hrs IST,Mythili Bhusnurmath, Vikram Pandit, Arun Sarin, Rakesh Gangwal, Rono Dutta, Indra Nooyi, Deven Sharma — what do all of them have in common? Sure, they are all Indians who made it to the helm at global giants — Citigroup, Vodafone, US Airways, United Airlines, Pepsi and Standard and Poor’s, respectively. But there is something else all of them, with the exception perhaps of Nooyi, have in common. They were all appointed to the top job when their companies were passing through particularly troubled times. Take Vikram Pandit. He came to Citi just as the financial giant was reeling under the sub-prime crisis. As one of the most aggressive players in the financial sector, Citi’s devil-may-care attitude, best symbolised by former CEO’s Chuck Prince’s comment, “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got...
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