The Hindu Business Line : Bharti Airtel makes top level changes

New Delhi, March 12 Bharti Airtel Ltd on Thursday announced key apex level organisational changes aimed at laying the foundation for the company’s next phase of growth.

“The new structure has been designed to manage future growth opportunities, exploit scale & building cost synergies, while continuing to derive advantage from on- the- ground focus on sales and enhanced levels of customer service,” said a press release.

According to the new structure, Mr Manoj Kohli, CEO & Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel, will increasingly focus on strategy development, governance and organisation development.

“He will lead the overall transformation programme including creation of factories and shared services with the objective of building the right capabilities to enable the company succeed in the next phase of its growth. He will also provide additional focus on building the B2B powerhouse,” said a statement.

Mr Sanjay Kapoor has been elevated from President – Mobile Services to a newly created position of Deputy CEO. In his new role, Mr Kapoor will lead the Mobile, Telemedia and DTH businesses. He will report to Mr Kohli.

Atul Bindal

Mr Atul Bindal, currently heading the Telemedia business, will take over as President – Mobile Services. Mr K Srinivas, who was Executive Director (East) – Mobile Services and in-charge of Sri Lanka operations, will take over as Joint President - Telemedia Services. New business verticals such as M-commerce and M-entertainment etc. are being created to generate new revenue streams. Mr Bindal and Mr Srinivas will report to Mr Sanjay Kapoor. Mr David Nishball will continue as President - Enterprise Services and will report to Mr Kohli.

Making the announcement, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Airtel, said: “Over the last couple of years, we have been able to build a world-class organisation. The company has grown not just in terms of revenue and market share but also in terms of strengthened processes, capabilities and governance.

“It has been our endeavour to empower our top management team, which has performed very well and is amongst the finest in the telecom world. Today, we have taken another step in further empowering the top management team and laid a strong foundation for embarking on the next phase of our exciting growth journey.”

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