Ola onboards Rakesh Bhardwaj as its new CIO

Recently, Ride hailing Major Ola announced the appointment of Rakesh Bhardwaj as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO). Responsible to this, Rakesh will endow with strategic direction to the group's IT initiatives covering information systems, tools, security, IT infrastructure and assets across Ola's global operations and businesses.

Bhavish Aggarwal, Chairman and Group CEO, states, "I am pleased to welcome Rakesh to our leadership team. Rakesh's expertise in building solid technology systems and processes across a diverse set of large organisations will be instrumental in building the technology backbone that will power this growth across our businesses.”

Rakesh carries nearly three decades of occurrence in building and managing cutting-edge global IT teams and systems for some of the largest enterprises in the world. Before Ola, he held several leadership roles including being the Global CIO for Cognizant, CIO for GE Healthcare and earlier CIO for GE Aviation and Transportation.

Rakesh's appointment comes close on the heels of numerous other new leadership elevations at Ola, including N Balachandar as Ola Electric CHRO and Wayne Burgess as Ola Electric's Head of Design last week, as the group looks to swiftly build its inclusive leadership team to drive the next phase of growth across all its business verticals globally.

“The Company is also gearing up to begin the first in its variety of electric scooters in the coming months. Packed with superior innovations, the much-anticipated Ola Scooter is a tech-driven electric vehicle with industry-leading range and speed. The electric two-wheeler will be priced insistently to make it reachable to all and will help accelerate India's transition to sustainable, clean and electric mobility,” the Company added.