Mobile executives: Samsung pros port to Xiaomi, worsen its slide show

New Delhi: In February, Kunal Agarwal joined Xiaomi India as the deputy sales head. He was Samsung India’s senior director and head of sales, operations and planning. Following the veteran sales head’s exit, some 20-30 executives across sales, marketing and operations at regional levels also quit the South Korean company’s India unit, industry executives aware of the developments told ET.

Most of them went to Xiaomi, which recently regained its leadership position in India, while the South Korean major slipped to number three. Xiaomi recently reshuffled its corporate structure in India with a focus on bolstering its retail presence, resulting in shipments growing 26.8% in the April-June period, said the people cited.