Zomato appoints Surobhi Das as COO, rejigs top management

Zomato, the restaurant search engine has appointed Surobhi Das as COO of the company, with cofounder Pankaj Chaddah promoted to lead new business across the globe, reported ET.

With these changes in the hierarchy level, Zomato is marking another instance of leadership changes entering new cities and boundaries.

According to an email sent to the employees by Deepinder Goyal, Das will lead media and operation functions such as human resource, finance and recruitment.

"Pankaj will ensure that we are able to find product market fit for all our new products as soon as possible and then move these businesses over to Surobhi as soon as he can," Goyal said in the email sent to company employees on June 30. "With this realignment, I will also have much more time to focus on product. I will aim to spend 80 per cent of my time with the product/design/engineering team." Chaddah will head new initiatives including food-ordering and table-bookings.

However, when Restaurant India called, Zomato found tight lipped in responding to any of the queries on the new announcements.

Das, an IIM-Ahmedabad graduate, quit her job at Bain consulting four years ago to join Zomato. Before being promoted as COO, she was part of Zomato's global growth team that identifies growth opportunities and executes strategy.