VFS appoints group CIO of Kuoni Group

VFS Global has appointed Dhiren Savla as chief information officer (CIO) to oversee the operations of the company.

It’s a double header for Savla as he also assumes the role of SVP and head of global IT (shared service centre) for Kuoni Group, the 109-year-old Switzerland-headquartered travel service provider.

In this role, he is responsible for providing strategic leadership to the IT function and strengthening the company’s global IT delivery model across geographies.

He will be based in Dubai and will continue in his current VFS Global role. This move comes as part of amendments made to the management structure of the Kuoni Group. As part of this strategy, the three divisions of Kuoni Group will be made more autonomous and accountable for their respective businesses.

Savla holds a long standing association with the group. From 2004 to 2010, Savla worked as chief technology officer and later as CIO for Kuoni India & South Asia including VFS Global. From 2011, until January 2012, he also held responsibility for emerging markets for Kuoni’s travel businesses in addition to being CIO of VFS Global.