Looking to stabilize its enterprise in India following the departures of three key executives, Meta mentioned Thursday that Sandhya Devanathan is being promoted to move and vice chairman of Meta India.

Devanathan joined then-Facebook in 2016, serving to to construct out its companies and groups in Singapore and Vietnam and its ecommerce initiatives in Southeast Asia, earlier than being named vp, gaming for the Asia-Pacific area in April 2020.

She succeeds Ajit Mohan, who left the corporate earlier this month to grow to be president of the Asia-Pacific area enterprise at Snap Inc.

Two extra executives from the nation left Meta earlier this week: WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and India public coverage head Rajiv Aggarwal

In her new function, Devanathan will report back to vp of the Asia-Pacific area Dan Neary and be tasked with spearheading the corporate’s India constitution and strengthening strategic relationships with advertisers, manufacturers, creators and companions to drive income progress in key channels within the nation.

She additionally serves as govt sponsor for Women@APAC at Meta, in addition to international lead for the Play Forward initiative to enhance variety illustration within the gaming trade.

Meta chief enterprise officer Marne Levine mentioned in an announcement, “India is at the forefront of digital adoption, and Meta has launched many of our top products, such as Reels and business messaging, in India first. We are proud to have recently launched JioMart on WhatsApp, which is our first end-to-end shopping experience in India. I’m pleased to welcome Sandhya as our new leader for India. Sandhya has a proven track record of scaling businesses, building exceptional and inclusive teams, driving product innovation and building strong partnerships. We are thrilled to have her lead Meta’s continued growth in India.”