Bharti Airtel has appointed Sharat Sinha as chief executive officer (CEO) of Airtel Business. In this role, Sharat will report to Gopal Vittal and will be a part of Airtel management board.
Sharat has joined Airtel Business from Checkpoint Software Technologies Limited, where he served as president of Asia Pacific. Sharat has also worked with Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and VM Ware in various leadership roles. His early experiences in Ericsson and VSNL have also given him a sound telecom background.
Commenting on the announcement, Gopal Vittal, CEO and managing director, Bharti Airtel, said, “I am confident that Sharat’s broad global experience in product management and business leadership across many of the world’s leading technology companies will provide tremendous fire power to Airtel’s ambitions in rapidly growing our portfolio across connectivity and adjacencies.”
Meanwhile, Sharat Sinha, CEO, Airtel Business, said “Airtel Business is a leader in the business to business (B2B) space offering marquee solutions to enterprises and I am delighted to join this passionate team as they continue to steer towards enhancing their leadership with future-ready technology innovations and solutions that deliver greater value to customers.”
