The former executive of Ernst and Young, Shyam Gidumal, has been named as the new Cheif Operating Officer for the coworking start-up WeWork. This is the first major C-Suite level appointment which comes under the CEO Sandeep Mathrani.

“Shyam has been an invaluable partner to me for many years during critical business inflection points, helping to focus on operations and organizations including at Vornado, and repositioning companies for effective growth. We look forward to continuing to add to the WeWork senior leadership team," said Sandeep Mathrani in an interview.