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

.Rep ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce agency Meesho on Friday stated it has actually selected Jubilant Bhartia Team founder Hari S Bhartia alongside three various other veteran magnate as individual directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded past JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South as well as South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based AI business Ema’s chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. “As our experts embark on the upcoming stage of growth, I am thrilled to announce the session of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S.

Bhartia as independent supervisors to Meesho’s board,” Meesho, Founder as well as chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey stated in a statement. Bhartia is actually the Owner and also Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Team possesses four crown jewel business noted on Indian stock exchanges, with a combined market capitalisation of roughly USD 7.65 billion, it incorporated.

Bhartia is additionally the Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd in addition to Co-Chairman of Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd and Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Mask’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts bistros in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Banking company where she contributed in the team’s funding bring up workout along with the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Banking Company in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Leader of the panel at PhonePe, a private director at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Rely On.

His previous board and advisory functions reach business like Axis Financial institution, Flipkart, as well as FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually guided Coinbase by means of a successful IPO as its own Principal Product Policeman in 2021. Previously at Google.com, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Advertisements and Google.com Shopping into multi-billion-dollar services as the VP and Director of Product.

“We are actually self-assured that their aggregate wisdom and varied perspectives will definitely participate in a crucial job in guiding the company in the direction of brand-new landmarks and also continual excellence in revolutionizing the shopping landscape in India,” Aatrey mentioned. Meesho’s panel likewise features co-founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments as well as Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Handling Director at Height XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Elevation Capital and also Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Expenditure Advisers. Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.

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