MUMBAI: Professional social network LinkedIn has appointed A L Jagannath as head, trade marketing as a step towards strengthening its leadership team in India. His immediate focus will be to drive existing and new initiatives for LinkedIn’s marketing solutions and hiring solutions portfolios.

Drawing from his 18 years of experience in the field of marketing, Jagannath also work toward widening awareness about LinkedIn’s array of customised solutions that are available to advertisers and recruiters in the Indian market.
 
Jagannath will be based out of Bengaluru. He comes in from VMWare, where he was director, marketing for India and SAARC region. Before joining VMWare, he was associated with Sun Microsystems in India as the general manager, marketing for their Systems and Storage business. During his career, he has worked for companies like Satyam Computers, Reliance Infocomm and Mudra Communications.
 
LinkedIn India country manager Hari V Krishnan said, “Being the second-largest member base for LinkedIn, we see tremendous potential for further growing our business in India. We have built a strong and viable platform for the business over the last two and a half years. Our focus moving forward will be to build off this platform and continue to give the best value to our advertisers and recruiters. Jagannath brings invaluable experience in building up large businesses and his addition to the India leadership team will help us accelerate our growth in the market, strengthen our operations and associate with even more businesses in India.”