Ola top management rejig soon; Ankit Bhati to steer cabs business

As many as nine of the senior leadership team members have quit Ola in the past few months

 

Ola co-founder Ankit Bhati is on his way to becoming the Bengaluru-based unicorn’s CEO soon, according to two people aware of the company’s plans. Bhavish Aggarwal, the more well-known founder who’s been heading the show at Ola since the beginning, would likely be named group CEO. 

Ola had created a group company back in May, making Foodpanda, the India cab business and the international operations subsidiaries of the group. 

The group structure was planned keeping in mind Ola’s international expansion. In a latest move, the cab aggregator has sent an exploratory team to Nairobi (Kenya) looking to set