Professional networking website LinkedIn has appointed Ashutosh Gupta as India country manager for India.

Gupta, an experienced sales leader with over two decades of experience in the Internet and IT & Software Services Industries will take up his new position from September 2, 2019. He will be replacing Mahesh Narayanan, who was appointed in the same role from January 2019 to June 2019, LinkedIn said in a statement.

Gupta joined LinkedIn in 2013 and led LinkedIn’s Marketing Solutions (LMS) in India. He later moved to Singapore in 2016 to build LMS’s Online Sales Organisation (OSO) for the Asia Pacific and China, the statement said.

“India is a strategic market for LinkedIn, and its developing economy and dynamic jobs market is ripe with opportunity for LinkedIn to add value for our members and customers. I also look forward to forging deeper government relationships to inform policy-making with actionable data on jobs and skills, and make LinkedIn an integral part of the national agenda,” Gupta said on his new role in the company.

Gupta will be directly reporting to Olivier Legrand, managing director, Asia Pacific, LinkedIn. In addition to his country manager role, he will continue to lead the LMS Online Sales Organization for APAC and China and would relocate from Singapore to India.

“I am confident that Ashutosh’s strong understanding of the company’s business, his seasoned leadership experience, and deep market experience will drive forward the right strategic plans for India. As a sophisticated sales leader who has worked across regions, Ashutosh is highly skilled at building businesses at scale and evangelising the value of LinkedIn to members and customers,” Legrand said on Gupta’s appointment.