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Arvind Mediratta named METRO Cash & Carry India's new MD

| | Feb 02, 2016, at 07:52 pm
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IBNS) Arvind Mediratta has joined METRO Cash & Carry India as their new Managing Director taking over from Rajeev Bakshi, who had joined the company in 2010.

Arvind Mediratta comes to METRO from Walmart USA, where he was working as Corporate Vice President (Merchandising), after spending a year in Operations as Corporate Vice President.

Prior to that, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Walmart India, where he was directly responsible for running cash-&-carry operations and overseeing all functions. He had joined Walmart in April 2007 and played a key role in setting up Walmart's Indian cash-&-carry business and organization from the ground up.
 

In the past, Arvind was Chief Marketing Officer for South Asia at Yum! Foods and also Vice President, Marketing & Product Development for Whirlpool India until May 2005.  Arvind was also Head of Marketing for Marico until July 2003.

He started his career with Procter & Gamble in 1991 and held various Brand Management roles in the Asia-Pacific region until 2001.

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