Twitter India’s MD Manish Maheshwari to move to US in a new role

The man who inadvertently became the face of a public tussle between the Indian government and Twitter India, Manish Maheshwari, the managing director of the microblogging platform’s marketing arm in India, will be moving to the US in a new role.

Twitter confirmed the move, and said Maheshwari will be based in San Francisco as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations focused on New Market Entry.

“Thank you to @manishm for your leadership of our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congrats on your new US-based role in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new markets worldwide. Excited to see you lead this important growth opportunity for Twitter,” tweeted Twitter Japan Vice President Yu Sasamoto on Friday.