Food ordering app Zomato on Friday announced the appointment of Chaitanya Mathur as the Global Head for Zomato Live - - a new event - driven vertical of the company.
"We connected on the idea of organising engagement driven, large - scale events for all the users around the world and we are thrilled to have him on board to build Zomato Live and expand it globally, " said Deepinder Goyal, Founder and CEO, Zomato.
Mathur has previously worked in various positions ranging from a financial analyst to an event manager and restaurateur, along with co - founding "The Grub Fest", the company said in a statement.
"Zomato's journey has really inspired me over the years and I am excited to be strengthening its future by leading the company into new domains and territories.
I look forward to building Zomato Live together with the incredible team here, " said Mathur.
In the past few months, Zomato has hired several senior people like ex - MakeMyTrip COO Mohit Gupta as the CEO for the food delivery business; Sameer Maheshwary as the CFO; Rohithari Rajan as the Global Head for its ad sales business; and Thomas Phillippe as the General Counsel, the company said.