Oracle, Intuit veteran Sanket Atal joins Salesforce as India MD

India is home to the second-highest Salesforce workforce outside of the US.

Business strategist Sanket Atal will join Salesforce as senior vice president and managing director in Bengaluru, said the US customer-management software maker that called his appointment showing its "commitment and continued investment in India".

Atal, 53, was managing director at financial software firm Intuit India and group vice president at tech giant Oracle and he will join Salesforce on March 15. Atal will drive the next phase of growth for Salesforce in India by using his expertise in digital strategies to build breakthrough customer experiences, said the company. He will report to Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO and chairperson, Salesforce India.

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