Pearl Uppal, sales director at Yahoo! India quits, Namit Pandey appointed as business head
01 Oct 2009
Yahoo! India's sales director Pearl Uppal has quit to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in online retailing, being funded by European and Indian investors.
Uppal has over 10 years of experience. She started her career with General Electric in 1999, but after a short, one-year stint, she moved to Rediff.com, where she worked as a key account manager and looked after advertising sales at Rediff.com.
In May 2002, she switched to Yahoo! India, where she was responsible for the monetisation of Yahoo! India's properties across display, search and mobile.
Uppal is an engineering graduate from Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from IIT, Delhi.
Yahoo! India has roped in Namit Pandey as director and business head of classified, local search and small business.
Pandey has moved from Monster.com, where he was vice-president and general manager, Middle East.
He will be based out of the Bengaluru office.
Pandey has more than 14 years' work experience, and was a founding member of an online jobs portal, Jobsahead.com, which was later acquired by Monster.com.
