India, Dec. 3 -- Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. has appointed an external CEO after completion of an internal restructuring, which makes the company a direct subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd. ahead of a planned listing.

Jeyandran Venugopal, Flipkart's former chief product and technology officer, has been named as President & CEO of Reliance Retail, Livemint reported on Wednesday. He will work closely with Executive Director Isha Ambani as well as the leadership team led by RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Retail Director Manoj Modi.

Venugopal brings with him 25 years of experience across retail, e-commerce, technology and business transformation.

At Reliance Retail, he will be responsible for strengthening the portfolio of o...