New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS): Indian ride hailing major Ola on Tuesday appointed Sanjiv Saddy as its Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs.

Saddy has over 35 years of experience in corporate affairs and government relations, business development and finance.

"Sanjiv will be responsible for building deep relationships with key authorities, government agencies and other related stakeholders and in closely engaging and working with them as a business.

"Consequently, all our regional corporate affairs and law enforcement leads will report to him," Bhavish Aggarwal, Co-founder and CEO, Ola, said in a statement.

In his previous role, Saddy was working with Flipkart, leading its government relations and corporate affairs mandate.

He has also worked with Tata Communications, Emaar MGF Land Ltd and Freightwinds and Travels Ltd, among other companies.

"Ola has emerged as one of India's most impactful homegrown companies from the last decade and at a very important phase as it expands globally and into newer businesses. I'm very excited to join Ola in their mission of building mobility for a billion people," said Saddy.