Swiggy has onboarded Hari Kumar G as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Business- Instamart. Furthermore, it has appointed Shalabh Shrivastava as SVP to spearhead Operations and Product management for the Drivers Org.
Swiggy announced the appointment of Kumar and Shrivastava in their respective roles via LinkedIn posts.
Before this, Kumar was associated with Flipkart for nearly 12 years. He joined the e-Commerce platform in January 2013 as Business Head- Gift Cards Business. Following this, he was promoted to Product Manager in June 2014 and in this role, he was responsible for product management in the customer experience team. Subsequently, he was elevated to Director Retail in May 2015.
After this, he served as Senior Director at the platform from January 2018 to August 2020. Following this, in September 2020 he was promoted to Vice President (VP). Finally, from May 2023 to November 2024 he was VP- Head of Grocery at Flipkart. In addition, from May 2015 to November 2024 he also served as Business Head for various sectors including Consumer Electronics, Computing, Large and Small Home Appliances, and more.
Prior to joining Flipkart, he was Account Group Head at CNBC-TV18. In this position, he was responsible for business development and management for all Network18 properties (CNBC, CNN IBN, IBN7, AWAAZ).
In the past, Kumar was also associated with CSC and Cordys (now OpenText) in different positions.
Furthermore, before joining Swiggy, Shrivastava was associated with Flipkart for over a decade. He joined the e-Commerce giant in June 2014 as Senior Director and National Head- First Mile, Last Mile, and 3P Logistics. Subsequently, he served as VP and National Head- Large and Furniture Supply Chain from January 2022 till his move.
Earlier, he was Head- Loyalty, Analytics, and CRM at Reliance Retail from 2007 to 2014. Previously, he served as Strategy Consulting at Cognizant for over a year.
In the past, Shrivastava was also associated with Ernst & Young (EY) and ICICI Bank.
