OPPO names Mike Wang as India CEO

NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone company OPPO has named Mike Wang as its new India CEO, effective from August 18, 2015.

Wang has nearly two decades of experience in the mobile handset industry. He has joined the company in 2005 in its initial years and has held a wide range of leadership positions across South-East Asian markets. After an in-depth research for one year into South Asian market, Wang joined as the India CEO.

He has replaced Tom Lu, who was the CEO since the company’s entry into India. Lu was key to the company’s expansion in India market but now moves on to a bigger role globally. In the current role, Mike will be responsible for building strong marketing; sales and service centers network for brand in India and achieve company’s vision to be a leader in the Indian market.

The company has entered the Indian market in January 2014 and is aiming for rapid growth and expansion across target markets in India. OPPO India is speeding up sales and service network and expects a fair growth and a bigger share of the market in the times to come.

OPPO has sold around 400, 000 devices in India and are targeting for 1.5 million units this year (2015). OPPO India has plans to expand more service centers this year. As of now, OPPO has 120 service centers across India and are targeting to open 200 service centres by end of 2015