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

.Representative ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce agency Meesho on Friday claimed it has actually appointed Jubilant Bhartia Group creator Hari S Bhartia along with 3 other veteran business leaders as private directors. Alongside Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded former JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and also South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, as well as San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As our company plunge into the next period of development, I am actually enjoyed declare the visit of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as private directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Owner and CEO Vidit Aatrey said in a declaration. Bhartia is actually the Creator and also Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Group possesses four crown jewel companies noted on Indian stock exchanges, along with a combined market capitalisation of around USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is additionally the Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd and also Co-Chairman of Glad Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Mask's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Just before offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Financial institution where she contributed in the group's financing increasing workout as well as the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Bank in 2002. Bhagat is currently the non-executive Leader of the panel at PhonePe, a private director at AssetMark and also the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Trust Fund. His previous panel and also consultatory jobs reach business like Center Bank, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had led Coinbase with a successful IPO as its own Main Item Officer in 2021. Formerly at Google, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Ads as well as Google.com Buying right into multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Director of Product. "Our team are positive that their aggregate knowledge and also varied viewpoints will play an essential task in steering the firm towards brand-new milestones and also sustained results in changing the shopping yard in India," Aatrey stated. Meesho's panel likewise features founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments as well as Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director at Optimal XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Altitude Capital as well as Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Financial Investment Advisers.
Posted On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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