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

.Representative ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce organization Meesho on Friday said it has actually appointed Jubilant Bhartia Group owner Hari S Bhartia together with three various other experienced business leaders as private directors. Together with Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded previous 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 AI firm Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As we start the upcoming stage of growth, I am thrilled to declare the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as private supervisors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Creator as well as CEO Vidit Aatrey said in a statement. Bhartia is the Owner and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Group possesses four flagship companies provided on Indian stock market, along with a combined market capitalisation of about USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is actually additionally the Co-Chairman as well as Handling Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Mask's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Before serving JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Financial institution where she contributed in the team's funding rearing physical exercise as well as the merging of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Banking Company in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, an individual supervisor at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Leave. His previous board and also advising duties span providers like Center Financial institution, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually assisted Coinbase via a prosperous IPO as its own Principal Item Police Officer in 2021. Recently at Google.com, Surojit sized Google Mobile Ads as well as Google Shopping in to multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Head of Product. "Our company are actually positive that their collective understanding as well as varied perspectives will definitely play a crucial task in steering the provider towards brand new breakthroughs as well as sustained excellence in changing the shopping landscape in India," Aatrey said. Meesho's board likewise features founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director at Height XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Financing and also Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Financial Investment Advisers.
Posted On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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