Tag: Viraj Chouhan

  • Pepsi appoints Garima Singh as Head of Government Affairs & Communications

    By Our Staff

     

    PepsiCo India has announced the appointment of Garima Singh as Head of Government Affairs and Communications. Singh, takes over from Viraj Chouhan who is elevated to the role of Vice President, Global Market Communications.

     

    Prior to the new appointment, Singh was Head of Corporate Affairs at HeroMotoCorp and as part of her 20+ years of experience, she has led public affairs mandate for companies like Mondelez, Apple, Mahindra & Mahindra amongst others. In her new role at PepsiCo India, she will be a key business partner managing long-term policy risks and opportunities to shape public policy decisions for sustainable, responsible business growth of the company.

     

    Chouhan meanwhile will take up a global role with him being a focal point for all global market communications teams outside the US, covering both internal and external communications. He will serve as the head of the Markets Center of Excellence, providing support and guidance to teams and drive positive outcomes around key themes including pep+, Diversity, Engagement & Inclusion, Digital Transformation and Community.

     

  • Ola appoints Viraj Chouhan to head comms

     

     

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    Ola has announced the appointment of Viraj Chouhan as its Chief Communications Officer (CCO). Chouhan was most recently, Executive Director of Corporate Communications at MTS India.

     

    As Chief Communications Officer, Chouhan would be reporting to Ola Co-founder and CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal. Anand Subramanian, who was leading the Communications mandate thus far, will be moving into a new role within Ola.

     

    Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder and CEO at Ola, said, “I’m excited to welcome Viraj onboard to lead Ola’s Corporate Communications efforts. I’m looking forward to working with him to share the Ola story and vision across customers, driver partners, employees, and the nation and world at large! Our aim is to build Ola as a brand and organisation that every customer  identifies with and takes pride in.”

     

    Viraj Chouhan, on his appointment as CCO, Ola said, “I am thrilled to join Ola and be part of this growing internet conglomerate. Ola has not only positively elevated India’s mobility experience, but is also a key driver of our country’s digital economy at large. Ola’s mission of building mobility for a billion people will have a lasting impact on our nation’s development. And that is what makes the Ola story so inspiring and deserving, to be taken to every stakeholder and citizen. I’m eager to join the Ola team in this mission!”