Swiggy hires two more Flipkart execs to boost its senior leadership

Food and grocery delivery firm Swiggy announced key appointments in its quick commerce vertical and delivery operations on Monday, two days before its listing on stock exchanges.

The company named Hari Kumar G a senior vice president and the chief business officer of its Instamart quick delivery service. Shalabh Shrivastava, also appointed as a senior vice president, will focus on optimising product and operations for Swiggy's delivery fleet.

Both were previously at Flipkart.


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They have joined two other executives that Bengaluru-based Swiggy had hired from the Walmart-owned ecommerce major in the past few months. In August, Flipkart senior vice president of category and marketplace Amitesh Jha joined Swiggy as the chief executive of Instamart, while Dhruvish Thakkar, a senior director at Flipkart epharma, moved to Swiggy the following month as assistant vice president of Dineout – its dining out vertical.

Also, Sairam Krishnamurthy, who was chief operating officer at Amazon-backed More Retail, joined Instamart in the role in August.

The latest appointments announced on Monday are aimed at enhancing operations and execution across the company's food delivery and quick commerce segments, Swiggy said in a statement.

At Flipkart, Shrivastava led the scaling of first and last-mile operations, while working on the etailer's supply chain for large products and furniture. Kumar, who worked with Flipkart for 11 years, led categories including electronics, appliances and groceries. "At Swiggy, he (Kumar) will focus on accelerating customer-centric growth and strengthening Instamart's position in the quick commerce space," the company said.

On November 8, Swiggy closed its Rs 11,300 crore initial public offering, receiving 3.6 times bids for the public issue. Swiggy has been bolstering Instamart, where it competes with Zomato-owned Blinkit, Mumbai-based Zepto, Flipkart's Minutes and Bigbasket's BB Now. The company plans to invest Rs 1,179 crore from the IPO proceeds into the quick commerce business.