Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari to move to the US

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Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari is moving to the US, in the role of the Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations, focused on the new markets.

He will be reporting to Deitra Mara, Senior Director, Global Strategy & Operations at Twitter. Moneycontrol has reviewed the copy of the email announcing the move, and was the first to break the story.

Twitter has confirmed the move in a statement to Moneycontrol. Twitter's senior executive Yu Sasamoto confirmed the news on Twitter.

Thank you to @manishm for your leadership of our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congrats on your new US-based role in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new markets worldwide. Excited to see you lead this important growth opportunity for Twitter.

— yu-san (@yusasamoto) August 13, 2021

Move to the US

Sarah Personette, Chief Customer Officer, Twitter, in an email to the company's employees, said, “After supporting the team for over 2 years as our India country director and head of India, Manish will be taking on a new role in San Francisco as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations focused on New Market Entry - reporting to Deitra Mara."

According to the email, Kanika Mittal, current Head of Sales at Twitter and Neha Sharma Katyal, current Business Head, Twitter, will handle revenue and sales in India and will be reporting to Yu Sasamoto, VP of Twitter JAPAC / Twitter Japan.

“Instead of a single country Director, India leadership Council will guide and support the team moving forward…. As we continue to invest in India as a strategic, high growth market for our company,” Personnette said in the email.

“I want to share a massive thank you with Manish for all he has done as our India lead – especially during extraordinarily challenging times. I’m excited to see you in the new role, where you can leverage all that you have learnt in leading India to help impact the rest of the company,” the email added.

For Maheshwari, it hasn’t been an easy few months, as the standoff between Twitter and the government continued and legal trouble mounted.

Two FIRs were filed against Maheshwari in June, as the company failed to comply with the new IT rules. While Karnataka High Court rules in favour of Maheshwari and government has complied with the rules, the recent events could have led to the exit from his role and to the US, according to the sources.