Bharti Airtel names Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as new CEO for its enterprise business

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel has named Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as the CEO for its enterprise business. Lakshminarayanan comes from software company Capillary Technologies, where he was the chief operating officer (COO).

In his new role, Lakshminarayanan will be responsible for further strengthening Airtel’s position in the B2B segment and accelerate growth as enterprises undergo digital transformation to become future ready. He will report to Ajay Chitkara, director of Airtel Business.

“Digital transformation of India has thrown up massive growth opportunities and Airtel is well positioned to leverage these,” Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO at Bharti Airtel, said in a statement. “I am confident that Ganesh’s rich experience will add immense value to our growth plans.” Lakshminarayanan is taking over from Ashish Arora, who will now be CEO of global business and look at expanding Airtel’s global networks to serve international and domestic customers.