Ajay Chitkara appointed Ecom Express CEO

Marque PE investors-backed Logistics firm Ecom Express on Wednesday announced appointment of Ajay Chitkara as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of company.

Chitkara, who is at present serving as Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel's enterprise arm, Airtel Business, will assume new role from September 1, Ecom Express said.

He will report to board of directors of company, it said.

With over two deces of experience, Chitakara also serves on boards of Nxtra by Airtel, Hughes Communication and Network i2i, company said.

"Ajay comes with extensive enterprise experience from Airtel where he has demonstrated exceptional leership and strategic capabilities. board wishes him well and looks forward to Ajay scaling Ecom Express furr and delivering long-term value for all its stakeholders," V Anantharaman, Chairperson at Ecom Express, said.

Ecom Express, which is backed by private equity investors Partners Group, Warburg Pincus and British International Investment, has its presence across 28 states and operates in over 2,700 towns across 27,000-plus PIN codes.

logistics company has over 3,000 delivery centres.