Rakesh Bhardwaj has joined mobility platform Ola as Global Chief Information Officer. He will be based out of Bengaluru and will report to the company’s co-founder and CEO, Bhavish Aggarwal.
In this new role, Bhardwaj will be working closely with businesses and partners, providing strategic direction to Ola’s process and technology initiatives, which will cover the broad spectrum of Information Systems, Tools, Security, IT infrastructure & assets across the group.
Previously, Bhardwaj was SVP & Global CIO at Cognizant and was responsible for IT services for the enterprise domains.
Bhardwaj has over 28 years of professional experience and has worked with companies like Microland Limited, GE Healthcare, and GE Capital in the past. He is global IT leader with demonstrated experience in delivering results in different business environments specialising in organisational change management and passionate about leadership, people development, learning and coaching.
Founded in 2011 by Ankit Bhati and Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola is India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, serving 250+ cities across India, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. The Ola app offers mobility solutions by connecting customers to drivers and a wide range of vehicles across bikes, auto-rickshaws, metered taxis, and cabs, enabling convenience and transparency for hundreds of millions of consumers and over 1.5 million driver-partners.
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