Bharti Airtel, the world’s third largest mobile service provider, appointed Nilanjan Roy as its Global Chief Financial Officer, taking over from Srikanth Balachandaran, who is now being appointed as the Global Chief Human Resources Officer.
Roy’s appointment will come into effect from August 5, 2015, the company informed the local exchanges. Roy is currently the CFO for India and South Asia business, and has previously held the roles of Financial Controller and Controller – India Mobile Business. Before joining Airtel, he worked with Unilever in India and overseas for 15 years.
Bharti Airtel has also appointed Rajiv Mathrani as Chief Brand Officer for its India operations. Mathrani takes over from Mohit Beotra, who has decided to move on from Airtel to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. He will lead Airtel’s brand positioning, strategic initiatives and associations, and will report to Srini Gopalan, Director – Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel (India).
NEW APPOINTEES
- Chief Brand Officer for its India operations- Rajiv Mathrani
- Global Chief Financial Officer- Nilanjan Roy
- Global Chief Human Resources Officer.- Srikanth Balachandaran
- Director – Consumer Business- Srini Gopalan
MUST KNOW
- It is the largest cellular service provider in India, with 228.25 million subscribers as of April 2015.
- Airtel is the largest mobile operator in South Asia and the third largest in the world with a 303 million subscriber base.
- Airtel was named India’s second most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking byMillward Brown and WPP plc.
- Headquater- New Delh
- Founder- Sunil Bharti Mittal
- Number of Emplyoes- 24,720
