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

.Agent ImageSoftbank-backed ecommerce agency Meesho on Friday claimed it has selected Jubilant Bhartia Team founder Hari S Bhartia together with 3 other seasoned business leaders as individual supervisors. Together with Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded past JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and also South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the panel Rohit Bhagat, and San Francisco-based artificial intelligence business Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As our experts embark on the next stage of development, I am actually enjoyed reveal the consultation 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 pointed out in a declaration. Bhartia is the Founder as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Team has four flagship business noted on Indian stock exchanges, with a combined market capitalisation of approximately USD 7.65 billion, it incorporated. Bhartia is actually likewise the Co-Chairman as well as Dealing With Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd and also Co-Chairman of Pleased Ingrevia Ltd and Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the owner franchisee of Mask's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Just before offering JP Morgan, Morparia went to ICICI Bank where she was instrumental in the team's funding rearing physical exercise in addition to the merging of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is currently the non-executive Chairman of the board at PhonePe, an individual supervisor at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Trust. His previous board and consultatory roles span business like Center Banking company, Flipkart, as well as FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually assisted Coinbase through a successful IPO as its Chief Item Police Officer in 2021. Recently at Google.com, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Adds as well as Google Shopping into multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and Director of Item. "Our experts are actually certain that their cumulative wisdom as well as varied standpoints will certainly participate in a crucial job in guiding the provider towards new breakthroughs and also continual success in reinventing the e-commerce landscape in India," Aatrey pointed out. Meesho's board additionally includes co-founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments and also Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Dealing With Supervisor at Height XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Elevation Financing and Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Assets Advisers.
Posted On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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