OYO Hotels & Homes has announced new appointments and elevations across its global leadership in verticals including technology, supply, and product. The company has named Ankit Mathuria as the new Chief Technology Officer. Ankit succeeds Anil Goel, who helped build OYO’s tech prowess from the ground up and will continue to counsel OYO as an advisor
The company has also on-boarded Gautam Swaroop to lead as CEO for OYO International. He will be partnered by Prasun Choudhary as the President for OYO International will represent OYO challenger markets.
Other appointments include – Ayush Mathur as Chief Supply Officer (Global), Abhinav Sinha as Global COO & Chief Product Officer (Interim), Kavikrut as Chief Growth Officer, Prasun Choudhary as President, OYO International, Rishabh Gupta as Global Capital & Positioning Strategy, Della Zhang as CFO, OYO China & Europe (Hotels), Jessie Yang as Chro, OYO China & Europe (Hotels), Ping Wang as President & COO, OYO China, among others.
These developments are aligned with the company’s commitment to delivering an enhanced customer, partner, and employee experience as it emerges as a resurgent brand in 2021, a statement by the company said.
Commenting on this, Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and Group CEO, OYO Hotels & Homes said, “2021 will be the year of OYO’s resurgence, as we focus on building best-in-class products and experience for our guests, partners, employees and all stakeholders of the OYO ecosystem. A strong leadership has always been instrumental at OYO to make an impact and succeed by enhancing our operational efficiency, brand love and profitability. I am confident that these leaders will keep inspiring OYOpreneurs all around the world. I’m looking forward to the OYO we will build together.”
He added, “An OYOpreneur is an OYOpreneur forever – with a heavy heart today, we will be saying goodbye to two fantastic leaders, Anil Goel and Harshit Vyas. Anil will continue to counsel OYO as an advisor and I am certain that both Anil and Harshit will continue to root for OYO even from the outside. On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank them for being a part of our story and wish them success in their future endeavors.”
OYO today operates in over 800 cities in 80 countries, including the U.S., Europe, U.K., India, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Japan.
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