Amazon veteran Samir Kumar to replace Manish Tiwary as India head of ecommerce major

Amazon veteran Samir Kumar will take over as the country manager for India replacing Manish Tiwary who stepped down from his role in August. Kumar will take India responsibility in addition to his current charter of leading Amazon’s consumer businesses in the Middle East, South Africa and Turkey. Kumar is working closely with Tiwary on the transition, and will assume operational responsibilities for India starting October 1, Amazon said in a statement.

Samir, who joined Amazon in 1999, was a part of the original team that planned and launched Amazon India in 2013. As part of this change, the current India leadership team of Saurabh Srivastava (categories), Harsh Goyal (everyday essentials), Amit Nanda (marketplace), and Aastha Jain (growth initiatives) will now report to Kumar while Kishore Thota (emerging markets shopping experience) will report to Agarwal directly. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories.