Chandigarh, January 13, 2017: Jubilant FoodWorks Limited, India’s largest food service Company, today announced the appointment of Mr. Pratik Pota as Chief Executive Officer designate, who will join the Company by end February 2017. Mr. Pota will succeed Mr. Ajay Kaul and would assume the role and responsibilities as CEO and Whole time Director and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company with effect from April 1, 2017.
Mr. Pota, an alumnus of IIM Kolkata and BITS Pilani, joins the Company from PepsiCo India where he was Chief Operating Officer, Foods & Beverages (Company Owned Operations). Prior to this, Mr. Pota has held various leadership roles at Bharti Airtel and Hindustan Unilever. He has over twenty-four years of experience in FMCG and Telecom Industry.
Speaking on the appointment, Mr. Shyam S. Bhartia, Chairman and Mr. Hari S. Bhartia, Co-Chairman, Jubilant FoodWorks, said, “We welcome Pratik to Jubilant, and are confident that with his rich experience and leadership, he will take the business to greater heights.”
On this occasion, Mr. Pratik Pota, said, “I feel privileged and humbled to be given an opportunity to lead India’s largest food service Company. The Indian food services industry is poised for rapid growth and JFL, being the frontrunner, is well positioned to leverage this opportunity. I look forward to be a part of this exciting journey.”
About Jubilant FoodWorks Limited
Jubilant FoodWorks Limited (JFL/Company) is part of Jubilant Bhartia Group and India’s largest food service Company, with a network of 1085 Domino’s Pizza restaurants across 251 cities (as of October 26, 2016). The Company & its subsidiary have the exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza brand in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. At present, it operates in India and Sri Lanka. The Company also has exclusive rights for developing and operating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in India and has launched 73 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants across 23 cities in India (as of October 26, 2016).
Corporate Identification No: L74899UP1995PLC043677
Investor e-mail id: investor@jublfood.com
Regd. Office: Plot 1A, Sector 16A, Noida-201301, U.P.
Corp. Office: 5th Floor, Tower D, Plot No. 5, Logix Techno Park, Sector 127, Noida - 201304, U.P.
Website: www.jubilantfoodworks.com, www.dominos.co.in, www.dunkinindia.com