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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed shopping agency Meesho on Friday mentioned it has actually assigned Jubilant Bhartia Group owner Hari S Bhartia together with three other experienced business leaders as independent directors. In addition to Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded previous JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, as well as San Francisco-based AI business Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As our company plunge into the next phase of growth, I am thrilled to introduce the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S. Bhartia as independent directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Founder as well as CEO Vidit Aatrey pointed out in a claim. Bhartia is actually the Founder as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has four flagship business specified on Indian stock exchanges, along with a combined market capitalisation of around USD 7.65 billion, it included. Bhartia is additionally the Co-Chairman and Taking Care Of Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd as well as Co-Chairman of Joyous Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Before serving JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Financial institution where she was instrumental in the group's resources raising physical exercise along with the merging of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Chairman of the panel at PhonePe, an independent supervisor at AssetMark as well as the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Rely On. His previous panel and advising parts reach business like Center Bank, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually led Coinbase via a productive IPO as its own Principal Item Policeman in 2021. Previously at Google, Surojit scaled Google Mobile Ads and also Google.com Purchasing in to multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Director of Product. "We are self-assured that their collective wisdom and unique point of views will certainly participate in a pivotal duty in guiding the business towards brand-new breakthroughs as well as continual effectiveness in transforming the e-commerce garden in India," Aatrey claimed. Meesho's board also includes founders Vidit Aatrey as well as Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments and also Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director at Top XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Capital and Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Expenditure Advisers.
Released On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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