Swiggy’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dale Vaz has resigned from his position and will be replaced by Madhusudhan Rao, the Senior Vice President of Consumer Tech and Fintech (engineering and product) at the company. Vaz had been with Swiggy for almost five years and was previously with Amazon for 11 years before joining the food and grocery delivery platform. According to Swiggy, Vaz will leave in May 2023 to pursue his entrepreneurial ventures but will continue to advise the company.
Rao has been with Swiggy for four years and has previously worked for companies such as ThoughtWorks, Amazon and Boomerang Commerce. The changes come after Swiggy Instamart Chief Karthik Gurumurthy announced his sabbatical from work. Gurumurthy will be succeeded by Swiggy co-founder Phani Kishan Addepalli.
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In February of this year, Swiggy appointed three independent directors to its board: Mallika Srinivasan, Padma Shri awardee, chairman and managing director of TAFE; Shailesh Haribhakti, chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates and Sahil Barua, managing director and CEO at Delhivery. These appointments were made to improve governance and build the business on a larger scale.