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AMSTERDAM, November 5, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Borzo, a global delivery service that enables same-day downtown delivery, today announced the discontinuation of. known Gabriel Candido da Silva as Vice President of Marketing and new Country Manager for the Phillipines and Malaysia. Gabriel will take over the reins of developing and executing global marketing strategies and efforts, including branding, lead generation and coaching the marketing communications teams in the regions.

“Gabriel Candido da Silva has a deep understanding of go-to-market strategies and proves it with amazing results he has achieved in lead generation. Gabriel shares Borzo’s primary goal of becoming the world’s leading same-day delivery company, “says Mike Alexandrovski, Founder of Borzo. “After completing the new round, we were challenged to expand even further and wanted to team up with the most talented people out there.”

Gabriel Candido da Silva has over two decades of experience leading marketing departments, developing and overseeing the execution of go-to-market strategies, and delivering the highest results for businesses. Candido da Silva was Head of Digital Marketing at LeasePlan, the first company in the leasing industry to manage more than 1.8 million cars worldwide, where he was responsible for the data-driven marketing strategy and demand generation. He also held management positions in marketing at StuDocu, an EdTech startup 15M User and Elsevier, a publisher that manages over a quarter of all scientific journals worldwide.

“Borzo is a fantastic, fast-paced company and I’m excited about this opportunity,” says Gabriel Candido da Silva, newly appointed VP of Marketing at Borzo. “I am delighted to be part of a great international team of experts and to develop integrated marketing strategies across all markets with one clear goal – to change the same-day delivery industry.”

Borzo recently hired with the aim of strengthening its global team Fritz Jane Araque as Country Manager in the Phillipines and Lingesh Thayala as Country Manager in Malaysia. Fritz Jane Araque was Business Development Head with 11 years of local and international experience in the areas of area operations, market expansion as well as key accounts and stakeholder management. She has managed to develop over 20 different projects in her home country. Lingesh Thayala, who will be responsible for Borzo’s subsidiary in Malaysia, as Business Product Owner at Malaysia Airlines, was responsible for the go-to-market strategy, introduction, increase in sales and optimization of efficiency. He also founded the strategy department for Uber Malaysia with a focus on price sensitivity analysis, driver incentives, market share modeling, competitive strategy and process optimization.

Formerly in August Barzo behaved $ 35 million in a Series C financing round from a group of international investors. With the money raised, the company wants to strengthen its position on the international market under the Borzo brand and develop new products. The company has offices in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Phillipines, Russia, Turkey, and Vietnam. Barzo has over 2.5M Couriers and 2M active customers, 75% of them small and medium-sized companies.

About Barzo
Borzo is a global delivery service that enables same day inner-city delivery via any route, transport, weight and size at a competitive price. Their algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries, taking geographic routes, package contents, couriers and much more into account, in order to guarantee same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Phillipines, Russia, Turkey, and Vietnam, and are used by over 2 million customers, from individuals to companies with a focus on SMEs. 2.5 million couriers make over 3 million deliveries via Borzo every month. For more information, please visit borzodelivery.com

SOURCE Barzo