Disney+ Hotstar's Sidharth Shakdher joins Ola

Former Disney+ Hotstar EVP and Chief Marketing Officer Sidharth Shakdher has joined ANI Technologies (Ola Mobility) as the global Chief Business Officer, multiple sources privy to the development told ET.

In this role, he will oversee Ola's revenue, growth, and marketing efforts in India and international markets for established mobility businesses and new businesses like e-commerce, one of the sources added.

The source also stated that growth, marketing, and new initiative functions across Ola globally will report to him.


Both Ola and Disney+ Hotstar declined to comment till press time.

Prior to joining Ola, Shakdher was part of the founding leadership team of Disney+ Hotstar and led the platform's marketing, international growth, and D2C business. He had an over 7-year stint at Disney+ Hotstar.

Before joining Disney+ Hotstar, Shakdher was based in Seattle as head of marketing and growth at Amazon. In this role, he was managing Amazon's US third-party marketplace.

Shakdher, previously the category marketing head of Reckitt Benckiser, successfully launched and established Dettol in the US personal care segment.

He has close to 2.5 decades of experience across firms like Samsung, Canon, HP, and Xerox, among others.