MUMBAI: Pizza Hut International, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, has elevated the post of Unnat Varma from MD India Subcontinent to MD of Asia Pacific region. Varma will be based out of Singapore and report to Vipul Chawla, President, Pizza Hut International. He will be looking after over 5,500 stores across 22 countries.

The company has also integrated its India sub-continent unit into the Asia Pacific business unit.

Varma has an impressive work experience of 24 years. He had joined Yum! Brands as director marketing with KFC, in 2006. He then went on to work for Taco Bell as GM, and Pizza Hut as GM and MD for India Subcontinent Region. Prior to joining Yum! Brands. Unnat Varma had worked with Gillette for around 12 years.