Word of Chowdhary’s hire away from Nokia was first delivered by sources speaking to IANS, and later confirmed by IndianExpress.com.
Chowdhary will take over the role of country manager for India from current head Michel Coulomb in January 2019, the company said. Leaders of Apple’s India teams answer to the country manager, who is in large part responsible for stimulating regional sales in a rapidly growing market numbered at nearly 450 million users.