Ola Electric appoints former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin as independent director

Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited announced that it has appointed former CEO of Vodafone Group Plc Arun Sarin as an independent director on its board. Sarin, who has also invested in Ola (first in 2015) and in Ola Electric in its series-A funding earlier this year, will be a mentor and advisor to the latter in its overall business strategy.

Sarin also serves on the boards of Cisco Systems, Accenture, Charles Schwab and Ola’s parent company, ANI Technologies.

“Electric Mobility at scale is the need of the hour and can help us solve some of the world’s most complex problems like climate change, pollution, over-dependence on non-renewables amongst others,” Sarin said commenting on his appointment.