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 , 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)