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Meesho onboards Hari Bhartia, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat as independent directors, ET Retail

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce agency Meesho on Friday mentioned it has actually appointed Jubilant Bhartia Group founder Hari S Bhartia together with 3 other experienced magnate as individual directors. In addition to Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded past JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Chairman of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based artificial intelligence business Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As our team plunge into the next phase of growth, I am thrilled to announce the visit of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S. Bhartia as individual supervisors to Meesho's panel," Meesho, Founder and also chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey pointed out in a statement. Bhartia is actually the Founder as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has four crown jewel business detailed on Indian stock market, with a combined market capitalisation of around USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is likewise the Co-Chairman and Dealing With Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd in addition to Co-Chairman of Glad Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts dining establishments in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Banking company where she contributed in the group's funding rearing physical exercise as well as the merging of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is presently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, an individual supervisor at AssetMark as well as the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Depend On. His previous board as well as advisory jobs reach firms like Center Bank, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually led Coinbase with an effective IPO as its own Chief Product Police Officer in 2021. Recently at Google.com, Surojit sized Google Mobile Adds as well as Google Shopping into multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Head of Item. "We are actually certain that their collective knowledge and varied standpoints will play a crucial duty in steering the business in the direction of brand new breakthroughs and also sustained effectiveness in changing the shopping yard in India," Aatrey pointed out. Meesho's board additionally consists of founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and also Mergers and also Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Dealing With Supervisor at Height XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Altitude Financing and also Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Assets Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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