Facebook's WhatsApp names Ezetap co-founder Abhijit Bose as India head

[November 21, 2018]  MUMBAI (Reuters) - Facebook Inc-owned WhatsApp said on Wednesday that it has appointed Abhijit Bose as head of its operations in India, its biggest market by users.

The WhatsApp app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Bose, the co-founder and chief executive of mobile payments firm Ezetap, is the first-ever country head for the messaging platform, WhatsApp said in a statement.

Bose will begin his new role at WhatsApp in early 2019, it added.

(Reporting by Sankalp Phartiyal; Editing by Euan Rocha)

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