Balesh Sharma named CEO of Vodafone-Idea India merged entity
Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group on Thursday appointed Balesh Sharma, the current COO of Vodafone India, as the CEO of the merged Idea Cellular and Vodafone India. Kumar Mangalam Birla will be the non-executive Chairman of the merged company. Akshaya Moondra, ldea Cellular's current CFO, will take over as the CFO of the new entity after the merger.