MUMBAI: Pizza Hut is heating things up, not just in ovens but also in boardrooms. The popular QSR giant has reinforced its leadership recipe by adding two critical ingredients — Pranav Dahiya as chief financial & strategy officer and Nazia Abidi as chief people & culture officer — to drive the brand’s next phase of expansion across the Indian subcontinent.
The move comes as Pizza Hut, part of Yum! Brands, ramps up its growth across India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. With over 900 stores already dotting the Indian landscape, the brand now aims to stretch deeper into emerging markets while keeping its people strategy and financial spine razor-sharp.
Dahiya steps into his new role armed with nearly 20 years of experience across finance, corporate banking and strategy. Prior to joining Pizza Hut, he served as Chaayos CFO, where he led strategic business planning, operational governance, sourcing, compliance and M&A. A banker-turned-boardroom tactician, Dahiya is set to lead Pizza Hut’s finance and strategy with a clear focus on long-term value and operational efficiency.
Meanwhile, Abidi brings over a decade of HR firepower from high-growth consumer tech firms. At Cardekho Group, she led HR for southeast Asia and helped scale its fintech venture, rupyy. At Pizza Hut, she will lead the people strategy, with a mandate to champion talent management, employer branding and build a culture rooted in high performance and continuous growth.
“We are thrilled to welcome Pranav and Nazia to the Pizza Hut leadership team. They join us at an exciting moment for the brand. With their leadership, we’re well-positioned to grow faster, lead smarter, and stay true to what matters – our people and our promise to customers”, said Pizza Hut Indian subcontinent MD Rohan Pewekar.
With deep experience in consumer behaviour, scaling strategies and people-first cultures, the appointments reflect the brand’s ambition to stay ahead in the competitive QSR space, one leadership move at a time.
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