In a first for AOL, India will be the headquarters for its new head of international operations. Maneesh Dhir, most recently SVP and country manager-India, is EVP-international, a new position reporting to president and COO Ron Grant. Working from Bangalore, India, Dhir will be responsible for new overseas business development in Europe, Asia and the Americas. This marks the first time AOL has had a top executive for international based anywhere but Dulles, Virginia. Prior to his current role in India, Dhir was VP and GM of Netscape in Mountain View, Calif.
Joe Redling, who had been chairman & CEO, AOL International, among other responsibilities, is one of the top executives who left the company following Randy Falco’s replacement of Jon Miller as chairman and CEO. In the recent reorganization implemented by Falco and Grant, international became one of six business units and shifted from reporting directly to the CEO. 
—At the same time, AOL announced that AOL Europe chairmand and CEO Philip Rowley is retiring; the new head of AOL Europe is Dana Dunne, most recently president of Belgacom, a major Belgian telecom company.
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