Facebook poaches Google exec as its first Industry Director
Social media giant Facebook has poached senior Google executive Pulkit Trivedi as its first  Industry Director to spearhead e-commerce, retail, travel and financial services verticals in India. Besides Google, Trivedi has over 18 years of experience at multinational companies including Intel, Microsoft, and IBM. Earlier in June, Facebook appointed Umang Bedi as its new Managing Director for India.
Social-media giant Facebook has announced Pulkit Trivedi as its new  industry director for e-commerce, retail, travel and financial services verticals. Trivedi's work role involves building and maintaining strategic relationships with clients in the country. Pulkit holds over an 18 years of industry experience covering sales, business development & partnerships for Indian and multinational technology companies such as Google, Intel, Microsoft, IBM and HCL. Before joining Facebook, Pulkit was working as the  head of industry, e-commerce at Google India since April 2012. He was responsible for driving a large business for Google India.Also Read:  Kirthiga Reddy steps down from Facebook India MD position Facebook has been making several reshuffles and hiring new officials for India this year. The company in June appointed Umang Bedi as its managing director. Bedi replaced Kirthiga Reddy who now sits at company's Menlo-based headquarter. Reddy  worked for nearly 6 years in India and was among the Fortune India's Top 50 Most powerful women.