Airtel appoints Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as CEO-Enterprise Business

Bhubaneswar(23/07/2020): Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications service provider, today announced the appointment of Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as CEO-Enterprise Business.

In his new role, Ganesh will be responsible for further strengthening Airtel’s market leadership in the B2B segment and accelerate growth as enterprises undergo digital transformation to become future ready.

He will report to Ajay Chitkara, Director – Airtel Business.

Ganesh brings with him rich experience in the IT and technology sector.

Prior to joining Airtel, he was COO for Capillary Technologies.

He was instrumental in starting Dell’s operations in India twenty years ago.

Over the years, Ganesh led various functions at Dell – Global Consumer and SME Services, E-Commerce business for Americas and Sales Ops for APAC.

In his last role at Dell, he was the President and MD of Dell India.

He was also an advisor to start-ups like Practo, Belong and Porter and served on the executive councils of NASSCOM and FICCI.

Ganesh takes over from Ashish Arora will be now be CEO – Global Business and look at expanding Airtel’s global networks, including submarine cable systems, to serve international and domestic customers.

Commenting on the appointment, Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel said, “I am confident that Ganesh’s rich experience will add immense value to our growth plans.

I also thank Ashish for his contribution and wish him and Ganesh the very best in their new roles.” .