Apollo Tyres Appoints Hizmy Hassen as Chief Digital Officer
October 06, 2020 at 09:57 am EDT
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Apollo Tyres has appointed Hizmy Hassen to the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer. Hizmy will be based out of the company's London office, and will be responsible for leading the strategy and operations of Apollo Tyres' digital journey, including responsibility for Information Technology. Hizmy, who comes with 30-years of rich experience, will be the ideal person to develop and execute the future architecture roadmap and evolve the IT delivery model, through partnerships with cross-functional leaders across Apollo Tyres.
Hizmy's last assignment was with Coats PLC, prior to which, he was with Unilever. In over 20 years with Coats he has worked across areas of Supply Chain, Information Technology and Digital Enablement. In his last role, Hassen was globally responsible for Digital and Technology within Coats Group Plc. He is credited with transforming the Global Technology function at Coats, implementing a cloud strategy as well as other modern technologies to underpin digital transformation. Hizmy Hassen will be reporting to Neeraj Kanwar, Vice Chairman and MD, Apollo Tyres Ltd.
Apollo Tyres Limited is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of automotive tires. The Company operates through the automobile tires, automobile tubes and automobile flaps segment. Its geographical segments include Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA), Europe and Others. It caters to specific consumer segments through its brands, Apollo and Vredestein. The Apollo brand is available across various categories, including commercial, passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, farm and industrial. The Vredestein brand products include car tires, tires for agricultural and industrial applications and bicycle tires. The product portfolio of the Company includes the entire range of passenger car, SUV, MUV, light truck, truck-bus, two-wheeler, agriculture, industrial, specialty, bicycle and off-the-road tires, and retreading material and tires. Its operations are in India and comprises five tire manufacturing plants, two located in Cochin and one each at Vadodara, Chennai, and Andhra Pradesh.
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