India's IndiGo names Vikram Singh Mehta as new chairman

May 28 (Reuters) - Indian airline IndiGo (INGL.NS), opens new tab appointed Vikram Singh Mehta as the chairman of its board, the low-cost carrier said on Wednesday.
Mehta, an existing board member of IndiGo, will succeed Venkataramani Sumantran, who took charge as chairman three years ago at the start of a post-pandemic rebound in air travel.
Mehta has previously worked at Shell and served on the boards of Colgate Palmolive (India) (COLG.NS), opens new tab, Mahindra & Mahindra (MAHM.NS), opens new tab as well as Larsen and Toubro (LART.NS), opens new tab.

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