Domestic travel conglomerate InterGlobe Enterprises on Monday announced the appointment of Aditya Pande as group chief executive officer.
The appointment of Pande is effective from March 1, 2024, and he will report to (Group Managing Director) Rahul Bhatia, the Gurugram-based firm said in a statement.
With the exception of IndiGo, Aditya will have overall responsibility for setting InterGlobe's strategic agenda and to oversee and continuing to strengthen the leadership of the company's line businesses and the corporate staff functions, the company said.
Pande, who has served no-frills carrier IndiGo as its CFO from September 2019 to February 2021, has joined InterGlobe Enterprises from B2B e-commerce platform udaan.
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With diverse and multi-functional experience of over 25 years, he has held business strategy and finance roles in various companies, as per the statement.
The appointment of Pande is aimed at strengthening the group's leadership team as it moves ahead with its ambitious and diversified global plans, the company said.
InterGlobe Enterprises has businesses across segments such as aviation (IndiGo), hospitality, logistics, airline management, travel commerce, advanced pilot training, and aircraft maintenance engineering.
Earlier, on Monday, udaan announced senior-level organisational changes under which group finance controller Kiran Thadimarri has been elevated to executive management team with additional responsibility of treasury, corporate finance and corporate audit.
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Also, Vishnu Menon, head of corporate strategy and investor relations, will take on the additional responsibility of business finance, as part of the organisational changes.
The two executives -- Menon and Thadimarri -- will work towards further strengthening the financial and governance practices at udaan with the objective of enabling the company to achieve operational profitability and public market readiness in the next 12-18 months, according to a company release.
