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Ola appoints Vishal Kaul as COO

Last Updated 23 January 2017, 10:20 IST

Cab aggregator Ola today announced the appointment of Vishal Kaul as its Chief Operating Officer.

Kaul, a PepsiCo veteran who has been with the company since the start of his career in 1999, will head Ola's operations and strengthen Ola's market leadership, the company said in a statement here.

Kaul will also expand Ola's market reach to nooks and  corners of the country and widen the base of Ola's customers  and driver-partner fraternity, in line with its mission to  build mobility for a billion Indians, the statement said.

"He is a passionate and experienced business leader with a demonstrated ability to drive business towards growth and  profitability."

His intuitive understanding of consumer businesses, ecosystem management experience and market understanding is invaluable," Ola CEO and Co-Founder Bhavish Aggarwal said.

Kaul was most recently the General Manager of PepsiCo Foods for Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

"I am delighted to join Ola and be part of solving for the mobility needs for a billion Indians," Kaul said.

Pranay Jivrajka, Ola's first employee who has been focusing on leading key strategic initiatives in recent months, has been appointed as Founding Partner and will continue to work closely with Aggarwal, the statement said.

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(Published 23 January 2017, 10:20 IST)

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