Ola appoints Vishal Kaul as COO

: Cab aggregator Ola today announced the appointment of Vishal Kaul as its Chief Operating Officer.

Kaul, a PepsiCo veteran who has been with the company since the start of his career in 1999, will head Ola's operations and strengthen Ola's market leadership, the company said in a statement here.

Kaul will also expand Ola's market reach to nooks and corners of the country and widen the base of Ola's customers and driver-partner fraternity, in line with its mission to build mobility for a billion Indians, the statement said.

"He is a passionate and experienced business leader with a demonstrated ability to drive business towards growth and profitability."
 

His intuitive understanding of consumerbusinesses, ecosystem management experience and marketunderstanding is invaluable," Ola CEO and Co-Founder Bhavish Aggarwal said.

Kaul was most recently the General Manager of PepsiCo Foods for Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.

"I am delighted to join Ola and be part of solving for the mobility needs for a billion Indians," Kaul said.

Pranay Jivrajka, Ola's first employee who has been focusing on leading key strategic initiatives in recent months, has been appointed as Founding Partner and will continue to work closely with Aggarwal, the statement said.