Two more key exits at Ola as flight of senior executives from the startup continues

Two more senior executives have resigned from Ola, the ride-hailing startup backed by Softbank. Pranav Tiwari, the head of engineering at Ola, and Sarmad Nazki, the head of finance at Ola Electric Mobility, have left the Bengaluru-based company, people aware of the development said.

Ola has been losing top executives at a steady pace for several months. Among those who have left the company in the past year include Pallav Singh (senior vice-president and one of the oldest Ola employees), Saikiran Krishnamurthy (senior vice-president of growth) and Joy Bandekar (corporate president of new initiatives).

Tiwari joined Ola after spending 13 years with companies like Cisco, Google, Cadence Design Systems and Cellworks Research. At Google, he led the company’s Bengaluru engineering site, the company's third-largest engineering office outside the United States. “Tiwari understands the product, what it takes from a tech and engineering standpoint to deliver profitable growth … It’s a loss,” said a source.