LinkedIn names Akshay Kothari as India Country Manager

Professional networking platform LinkedIn today appointed Akshay Kothari as Country Manager for India, with immediate effect.
India has one of the largest userbase for LinkedIn, which has more than 400 million members globally.
Kothari replaces Nishant Rao, who quit the company in October last year to join cloud-based customer support software firm Freshdesk as its Chief Operating Officer.
Kothari will report to Olivier Legrand, LinkedInu2019s Managing Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region