Bharti Airtel on October 28 announced its "structured succession plan", which will result in the elevation of Shashwat Sharma, currently Chief Operating Officer, as the MD & CEO from January 1, 2026, while the current MD & CEO, Gopal Vittal, will move into the role of Executive Vice Chairman.
The Sunil Mittal-led telco is making more changes as part of its planned restructuring, which will take effect on April 1, 2025.
Under the restructuring, Airtel will decouple DTH from the converged entertainment category and create two separate categories—connected homes, which will include Broadband and Converged Entertainment, and DTH.
While Connected Homes will focus on driving rapid growth and competitiveness, DTH will focus on driving world-class efficiencies and competitiveness.
Additionally, Airtel will separate Customer Experience into a standalone function under the restructuring. Shivan Bhargava will be appointed as the director of customer experience and will lead this function.
Airtel has confirmed these planned changes to Moneycontrol.
Siddharth Sharma, currently CEO of DTH, will be appointed Director of Marketing and CEO of Connected Homes, while Pushpinder Gujral, currently CEO of Upper North, will be appointed CEO and Director of DTH.
Amit Tripathi, Director of Marketing and Customer Experience, will be appointed Director of Market Operations, leading all circles and distribution strategy.
Amit Tripathi, Siddharth Sharma, Pushpinder Gujral, and Shivan Bhargava will report to Shashwat Sharma. All individuals will be in place by April 1, 2025.
Other top executives Sharat Sinha (Airtel Business CEO), Randeep Sekhon (Chief Technology Officer), Soumen Ray (Chief Financial Officer), Pankaj Miglani (Director, Supply Chain), Pradipt Kapoor (CIO), Amrita Padda (Chief People Officer), Rahul Vatts (Chief Regulatory Officer), Vidyut Gulati (General Counsel & Director Legal), and OP Galhotra (Group Director - Security) will continue to report to Vittal.
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