Pakistan: inDrive, a global mobility platform, announces the appointment of Muhammad Awais Saeed as Country Lead for inDrive Pakistan. Awais will be responsible for all business verticals, focusing on expanding inDrive’s footprint and building a strong local presence. He will oversee local government and public relations, partnerships, and inVision initiatives.
Awais is an experienced leader with over ten years of experience building and working with various startups. In his new role as Country Lead, he will oversee the growth of inDrive’s overall business in Pakistan while ensuring ongoing customer satisfaction and safety improvements for riders and drivers nationwide. Awais brings a wealth of experience in go-to-market strategy and has led and managed operations in ride-hailing, e-commerce, and mass transit. He will help strengthen inDrive’s product and business offerings, ensuring they’re finely tuned to meet the needs of people in Pakistan.
Awais’s appointment comes when inDrive has accelerated growth in the Pakistani market. This new role will help inDrive strengthen collaborations with stakeholders and set an ambitious growth strategy to develop its local portfolio further.
Egor Smetanin, Senior VP of the Ride-hailing Department of inDrive, said: “We are delighted to welcome Awais as our new Country Lead in Pakistan – a key milestone in our strategic expansion efforts. Awais’s profound market insights and ability to connect our central and regional teams are invaluable. His leadership will be instrumental in cultivating our organisational culture and aligning our local operations with our global standards. Awais’s role is critical to driving our continued growth and success across Pakistan.”
“I am thrilled to be joining inDrive and taking on this exciting new role as the Country Lead for Pakistan. I look forward to working with all our incredible teams and partners to deliver a fantastic experience to all our users, which will surely define the future of ride-hailing in the region,” said Muhammad Awais Saeed, Country Lead, Pakistan, inDrive.
Awais joined inDrive from Yango, where he was Pakistan’s Head of Supply & Operations. Before that, he held leadership roles at Careem and Swvl, where he played key roles in launching new services and products, from concept to roll-out, development and implementation of Strategy and Operations. He completed his Bachelor’s in Management Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.
