AWS India and South Asia President Puneet Chandok steps down

Puneet Chandok, President of Commercial business, AWS India and South Asia, has stepped down from his role at Amazon Web Services after four years, the company said in a statement.

Chandok, who joined Amazon’s cloud computing unit in June 2019, is moving on from the company effective August 31, 2023.

TechCrunch was the first to report on this development.

Prior to joining AWS, Chandok held leadership roles with McKinsey & Company and IBM Global Services. 

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