New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. named its Asia Pacific head, India's Ajit Mohan, as the social networking platform's chief business officer. Mohan had joined the company two years ago.

"Ajit will be responsible for growing our advertising business across all regions, and will lead our revenue product and business operations organizations to help bring greater alignment across our teams responsible for serving our advertising partners," the Santa Monica-headquartered company stated in its quarterly investor letter on Tuesday.

In his APAC role, Mohan was a part of the executive team and was incremental in the company's growth. "He rapidly grew our business and presence across the region," the company stated in its...