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Uber hires senior Target executive

An illustration picture shows the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) - Global ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said it had hired Jeff Jones, chief marketing officer at Target Corp (TGT.N), to be president of its flagship ride-sharing business.

Jones will be responsible for Uber's operations, marketing and customer support globally. (http://ubr.to/2cclIj5)

Target said Jones would leave effective Sept. 9.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)