Sameer Aggarwal has been elevated to post of Chief Executive Officer of Best Price, Walmart India, effective April 1.

He will be reporting to Dirk Van den Berghe, Executive Vice President and Regional CEO of Asia and Global Sourcing.

Aggarwal is taking over the CEO position from Krish Iyer, who is retiring from full-time management and will serve the role of an advisor to Best Price, Walmart India after a successful eight years with the firm.

Aggarwal began his journey with Walmart India in April 2018 as Executive Vice President and was promoted to Deputy CEO in January 2020.

He has more than two decades of international business experience, including leadership roles at Yum! Brands in Southeast Asia, Sainsbury’s in the U.K. and China and McKinsey & Co. in Australia.

Aggarwal has pursued MBA from the London Business School and is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.