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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 assigned Jubilant Bhartia Group founder Hari S Bhartia along with three various other seasoned magnate as independent directors. In addition to Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded former JP Morgan Leader Kalpana Morparia for South as well as South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based artificial intelligence firm Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As we embark on the next stage of development, I am actually thrilled to announce the session of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S. Bhartia as independent directors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Creator as well as chief executive officer Vidit Aatrey claimed in a claim. Bhartia is the Founder as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Group possesses four crown jewel providers noted on Indian stock market, along with a consolidated market capitalisation of roughly USD 7.65 billion, it incorporated. Bhartia is actually likewise the Co-Chairman and also Taking Care Of Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd as well as Co-Chairman of Glad Ingrevia Ltd and also Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Prior to offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Banking company where she was instrumental in the team's funds raising exercise in addition to the merger of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, an independent supervisor at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Leave. His previous board as well as consultatory parts stretch over companies like Axis Bank, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually guided Coinbase by means of an effective IPO as its own Principal Product Policeman in 2021. Earlier at Google, Surojit sized Google.com Mobile Adds and also Google.com Shopping into multi-billion-dollar businesses as the VP and also Head of Item. "We are positive that their collective understanding and diverse perspectives will certainly play a critical part in steering the company towards new turning points and also continual results in transforming the shopping garden in India," Aatrey claimed. Meesho's board also consists of co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments and also Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Taking Care Of Supervisor at Height XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Altitude Funds and also Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Expenditure Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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