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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed ecommerce company Meesho on Friday claimed it has designated Jubilant Bhartia Group founder Hari S Bhartia together with three other professional magnate as individual directors. In addition to Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded former JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and also South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Chairman of the panel Rohit Bhagat, and San Francisco-based AI business Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As we embark on the upcoming stage of growth, I am actually enjoyed declare the session of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as individual directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Founder and also 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 has four crown jewel firms listed on Indian stock exchanges, with a consolidated market capitalisation of about USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is actually also the Co-Chairman and also Managing Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd as well as Co-Chairman of Pleased Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Mask's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Banking company where she contributed in the group's funds rearing exercise in addition to the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is currently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, a private director at AssetMark and also the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Rely On. His previous board and also advising parts reach firms like Axis Banking company, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually led Coinbase through a successful IPO as its own Principal Item Police Officer in 2021. Earlier at Google, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Adds as well as Google Buying into multi-billion-dollar services as the VP and Head of Item. "We are actually self-assured that their aggregate wisdom as well as assorted perspectives will certainly participate in a critical role in steering the company towards new breakthroughs and continual success in transforming the e-commerce landscape in India," Aatrey claimed. Meesho's panel also includes co-founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and also Mergers and also Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Handling Supervisor at Top XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Altitude Funding and also Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Assets Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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