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

.Rep ImageSoftbank-backed shopping firm Meesho on Friday stated it has designated Jubilant Bhartia Group owner Hari S Bhartia along with 3 various other seasoned business leaders as private directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded previous JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Chairman of the panel Rohit Bhagat, as well as San Francisco-based AI business Ema's chief executive officer Surojit Chatterjee. "As our experts start the upcoming phase of growth, I am enjoyed reveal the visit of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S. Bhartia as independent supervisors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Owner and also CEO Vidit Aatrey pointed out in a claim. Bhartia is actually the Owner as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has 4 flagship business listed on Indian stock market, with a bundled market capitalisation of around USD 7.65 billion, it included. Bhartia is likewise the Co-Chairman and also Dealing With Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd in addition to Co-Chairman of Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd and Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Mask's Pizza as well as Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Just before providing JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Bank where she was instrumental in the group's resources raising exercise and also the merger of ICICI Ltd with ICICI Bank in 2002. Bhagat is actually currently the non-executive Leader of the board at PhonePe, an independent director at AssetMark as well as the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Leave. His previous panel and advising jobs stretch over business like Axis Financial institution, Flipkart, and also FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually directed Coinbase through a prosperous IPO as its own Main Item Policeman in 2021. Formerly at Google, Surojit scaled Google Mobile Ads and also Google Buying in to multi-billion-dollar organizations as the VP and Director of Item. "Our team are actually positive that their cumulative understanding and also diverse standpoints will participate in a critical part in guiding the company in the direction of brand new landmarks and also sustained excellence in reinventing the ecommerce garden in India," Aatrey mentioned. Meesho's panel also features co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Scalp of Investments and Mergers and also Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Handling Supervisor at Top XV Partners Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Elevation Resources and also Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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