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

.Rep ImageSoftbank-backed ecommerce agency Meesho on Friday said it has selected Jubilant Bhartia Team creator Hari S Bhartia together with 3 other skilled business leaders as independent directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded previous JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Chairman of the board Rohit Bhagat, as well as San Francisco-based AI firm Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As we embark on the upcoming period of growth, I am actually enjoyed introduce the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and Hari S. Bhartia as private supervisors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Founder and also CEO Vidit Aatrey mentioned in a statement. Bhartia is the Owner and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has 4 flagship providers detailed on Indian stock market, with a bundled market capitalisation of roughly USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is also the Co-Chairman and Handling Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd in addition to Co-Chairman of Joyous Ingrevia Ltd and Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Bank where she contributed in the group's funding rearing physical exercise and also the merging of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is presently the non-executive Chairman of the panel at PhonePe, an individual supervisor at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Depend On. His previous panel and also advisory parts cover business like Axis Bank, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually directed Coinbase via an effective IPO as its Main Product Officer in 2021. Previously at Google, Surojit scaled Google Mobile Ads and Google.com Buying in to multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Head of Product. "We are positive that their collective understanding as well as unique perspectives will definitely play an essential role in guiding the firm in the direction of brand-new turning points as well as sustained excellence in transforming the ecommerce yard in India," Aatrey stated. Meesho's panel also includes co-founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments and also Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Dealing With Director at Peak XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Capital and Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Expenditure Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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