Bharti Airtel Appoints Sharat Sinha as CEO of Airtel Business
Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel announced the appointment of Sharat Sinha as CEO of Airtel Business, effective June 3. Sinha will report directly to Managing Director and CEO Gopal Vittal and will join the Airtel Management Board.
"I am confident that Sinha’s broad global experience in product management and business leadership across many of the world’s leading technology companies will provide tremendous firepower to Airtel’s ambitions in rapidly growing our portfolio across connectivity and adjacencies", Vittal said in a statement.
Sinha brings a wealth of experience from his previous role as President of Asia Pacific at Checkpoint Software Technologies. His career also includes leadership positions at prominent tech firms such as Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and VMware.
Expressing his enthusiasm about the new role, Sinha remarked, "Airtel Business is a leader in the business-to-business (B2B) space, offering marquee solutions to enterprises. 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".
Airtel serves over 500 million customers across 17 countries in South Asia and Africa, cementing its position as a major player in the telecom industry.
