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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce organization Meesho on Friday said it has assigned Jubilant Bhartia Group creator Hari S Bhartia along with three other seasoned business leaders as private directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded former JP Morgan Leader Kalpana Morparia for South as well as South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based artificial intelligence firm Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As our experts start the following stage of growth, I am thrilled to announce the appointment of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as private supervisors to Meesho's panel," Meesho, Creator as well as chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey pointed out in a claim. Bhartia is the Owner and also Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group possesses four main companies provided on Indian stock market, along with a consolidated market capitalisation of about USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is also the Co-Chairman as well as Taking Care Of Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd along with Co-Chairman of Glad Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Financial institution where she contributed in the group's resources raising workout along with the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Banking Company in 2002. Bhagat is currently the non-executive Chairman of the board at PhonePe, an independent supervisor at AssetMark and also the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Trust. His previous panel and advising tasks extend companies like Center Banking company, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually assisted Coinbase by means of a successful IPO as its own Principal Item Police Officer in 2021. Formerly at Google.com, Surojit scaled Google Mobile Ads as well as Google Buying in to multi-billion-dollar businesses as the VP as well as Head of Product. "We are actually certain that their cumulative wisdom and also varied point of views will definitely play a crucial part in steering the company towards brand-new landmarks and sustained excellence in revolutionizing the e-commerce landscape in India," Aatrey mentioned. Meesho's board additionally includes founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and also Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Handling Director at Top XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Funding as well as Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Financial Investment Advisers.
Released On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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