News: Deputy Country Manager at IKEA India Patrik Antoni moving to new role in Russia

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Deputy Country Manager at IKEA India Patrik Antoni moving to new role in Russia

Patrik Antoni will take over his new role as General Manager for INGKA (IKEA and MEGA shopping malls) in Russia on December 1.
Deputy Country Manager at IKEA India Patrik Antoni  moving to new role in Russia

After spending five years in India and overseeing the launch of IKEA’s first store in Hyderabad in India, Patrik Antoni, Deputy Country Manager at IKEA India is moving to Russia. In his new role, Patrik will now work as General Manager for INGKA (IKEA and MEGA shopping malls).

Patrik announced his move in a LinkedIn post stating that his last day at the Indian office was the 22nd of October and his Russian role will start officially December 1st.

Patrik Antoni

The Swedish home furnishings major IKEA which opened its first store in India in Hyderabad in August this year, has employed 950 people directly and another 1,500 indirectly at its store here. It plans to hire 15,000 in the coming years as it expands operations in India.

The Hyderabad store here is the first of 25 such outlets planned to be set up in India by 2025. It was in 2013, IKEA received the nod from the government to invest Rs 10,500 Cr in single-brand retail. After Hyderabad, Ikea's second store would be in Mumbai next year, followed by Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR. The retailer has also identified four more cities in India where it plans to set up its stores but did not disclose details.

Image Credits: DNA India

 

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