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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce company Meesho on Friday claimed it has actually selected Jubilant Bhartia Group owner Hari S Bhartia in addition to three various other veteran magnate as individual directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded previous JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based AI company Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As our team start the upcoming period of development, I am actually enjoyed declare the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as independent directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Owner and CEO Vidit Aatrey mentioned in a claim. Bhartia is actually the Owner and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has four main business detailed on Indian stock exchanges, along with a combined market capitalisation of about USD 7.65 billion, it included. Bhartia is additionally the Co-Chairman and Dealing With Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd as well as Co-Chairman of Joyous Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Domino's Pizza as well as Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Just before offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Financial institution where she was instrumental in the group's resources raising physical exercise along with the merger of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Bank in 2002. Bhagat is presently the non-executive Chairman of the panel at PhonePe, a private director at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Trust Fund. His previous board as well as advising roles stretch over business like Axis Banking company, Flipkart, and FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually led Coinbase with a successful IPO as its Main Item Policeman in 2021. Formerly at Google, Surojit sized Google Mobile Advertisements as well as Google Shopping in to multi-billion-dollar businesses as the VP and Head of Item. "Our team are certain that their aggregate understanding as well as unique standpoints will participate in an essential job in steering the company in the direction of brand new breakthroughs and continual effectiveness in reinventing the shopping yard in India," Aatrey said. Meesho's board likewise features co-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, Taking Care Of Director at Peak XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Funding and Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Financial Investment Advisers.
Posted On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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