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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed shopping organization Meesho on Friday claimed it has actually appointed Jubilant Bhartia Group creator Hari S Bhartia together with 3 other experienced business leaders as individual directors. Together with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded past JP Morgan Leader Kalpana Morparia for South as well as South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the panel Rohit Bhagat, as well as San Francisco-based AI company Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As we plunge into the following period of growth, I am actually thrilled to declare the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and Hari S. Bhartia as independent directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Creator and chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey said in a claim. Bhartia is actually the Founder and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group possesses 4 main companies provided on Indian stock exchanges, with a combined market capitalisation of approximately USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is actually likewise the Co-Chairman as well as Taking Care Of Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd in addition to Co-Chairman of Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd as well as Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Domino's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Before serving JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Bank where she contributed in the team's capital raising physical exercise in addition to the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Banking Company in 2002. Bhagat is actually currently the non-executive Chairman of the panel at PhonePe, an independent director at AssetMark and also the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Trust. His previous board as well as consultatory roles extend business like Axis Financial institution, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had directed Coinbase through an effective IPO as its own Main Product Policeman in 2021. Formerly at Google.com, Surojit sized Google Mobile Ads and also Google Buying into multi-billion-dollar organizations as the VP and also Chief of Product. "Our experts are actually confident that their aggregate knowledge and varied point of views will definitely participate in a critical role in steering the company towards new turning points and sustained excellence in reinventing the ecommerce garden in India," Aatrey mentioned. Meesho's panel also consists of co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Taking Care Of Director at Peak XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Elevation Financing as well as Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Expenditure Advisers.
Released On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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