Airtel puts new new management structure in place for telecom business

Our Corporate Bureau
01 March 2006

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel has announced an integrated structure that will be responsible for all aspects of its telecom business in India. This is designed to pursue the company's vision of making Airtel the most admired brand in India by 2010.

Manoj Kohli has been named the president of Bharti Airtel to lead the unified management structure of OneAirtel. He will lead the Airtel management board, which will have the overall responsibility of driving the strategy and the operational performance of Bharti Airtel. The Airtel management board will consist of the three joint presidents and Sarvjit Dhillon, director, finance, and business integration; Jai Menon, director, IT and innovation; Hemant Sachdev, director, marketing and communication; and Don Price, director, networks at Bharti Airtel.

The group corporate office of Bharti Airtel will focus on overall business strategy, provide support to the Airtel Management Board and periodic reviews and governance. Four of the functional roles at the president's office, i.e. finance, HR, legal and networks will have functional reporting to the corporate office.

Bharti Airtel will have three joint presidents looking after independent SBUs - broadband and telephone services, enterprise services and mobility. The joint presidents will report to Manoj Kohli.

K Krishnan has been named joint president and will lead the broadband and telephone services SBU. He will focus on scaling new heights with new town rollouts, enhancing broadband share and introducing new technologies. Krishnan will be supported by Rajiv Sharma (CEO-NCR), Rohtash Mal (CEO-North), Prem Pradeep (CEO-South Central), Deepak Khanna (COO-Central), Randeep Narang (COO-West), Deepak Pande (COO-SME). Shamik Das, CFO mobility, moves to Chennai as COO - South.

Vinod Sawhny has been named as joint president, Airtel Enterprise Services. This SBU will comprise of two units — Enterprise Services (carriers) and Enterprise Services (corporates). N Arjun, promoted to executive director will lead the Enterprise Services (carriers) business. Mohan Menon, CEO, Airtel Enterprise Services is being promoted as CEO and director of this unit, now re-christened  Enterprise Services (corporates).