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Google has appointed Preeti Lobana to go its India business , fillinga key positionthat had been vacant since Sanjay Gupta ’s advancement to Asia - Pacific chairman in July .
Lobana , who was vice president of advertising technology at Google , takes over as the companypushes its AI products in Indiaamid intensifying competition in the digital securities industry . She connect Google in 2016 .
India is one of the primal overseas market for Google , which has spent billions in assist hundreds of millions of Indians total online and in digitizing local businesses . In 2020 , the companycommitted to drop another $ 10 billionin India .
But the search titan is also facing mount regulatory scrutiny in the world ’s secondly - largest cyberspace and wireless market . Indiafined Google $ 162 millionin 2022 for anticompetitive practices on Android . Clarence Day later , it imposedanother penalty of $ 113 millionafter concluding that the Android - Godhead had abused the rife billet of Google Play Store in the country , where more than 95 % of smartphones bunk Android .
In March this year , the Amerindic antitrust regulatoropened another investigationinto Alphabet ’s Google , allege the tech heavyweight follow up its in - app billing policies in an “ unjust ” and “ discriminatory fashion . ”
Roma Datta Chobey , who serve as interim chief , will return to move the company ’s digital business building block .
Before joining Google , Lobana spend much of her calling in banking , holding positions at NatWest , American Express , and Standard Chartered .
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“ This is a once - in - a - lifetime moment to shape the future with AI , unlocking unprecedented opportunities for occupation to boost productivity , solve critical challenge , and create innovative solutions , ” shewrotein a LinkedIn post .
