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

.Rep ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho on Friday claimed it has actually appointed Jubilant Bhartia Group creator Hari S Bhartia along with 3 various other veteran magnate as private supervisors. 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, as well as San Francisco-based artificial intelligence firm Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As our team start the upcoming stage of development, I am thrilled to announce the appointment of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as independent directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Creator as well as chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey said in a statement. Bhartia is the Creator and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Team has four flagship firms specified on Indian stock market, along with a combined market capitalisation of approximately USD 7.65 billion, it incorporated. Bhartia is likewise the Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd along with Co-Chairman of Joyous Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Just before offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Bank where she was instrumental in the group's funding raising workout along with the merger of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is presently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, an independent supervisor at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Leave. His previous panel as well as advisory functions extend companies like Axis Financial institution, Flipkart, as well as FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually assisted Coinbase by means of a successful IPO as its Main Item Officer in 2021. Recently at Google.com, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Advertisements and also Google Shopping into multi-billion-dollar services as the VP and also Chief of Item. "Our company are certain that their cumulative wisdom as well as unique standpoints will certainly participate in a critical task in guiding the business towards brand-new breakthroughs and sustained excellence in reinventing the e-commerce landscape in India," Aatrey said. Meesho's panel additionally consists of founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Dealing With Director at Top XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Elevation Funds and Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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