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

.Rep ImageSoftbank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho on Friday mentioned it has designated Jubilant Bhartia Team founder Hari S Bhartia along with three other professional business leaders as independent supervisors. Together with Bhartia, Meesho has onboarded former JP Morgan Chairman Kalpana Morparia for South as well as South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Chairman of the board Rohit Bhagat, and also San Francisco-based artificial intelligence provider Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As we embark on the next period of growth, I am thrilled to reveal the session of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, as well as Hari S. Bhartia as independent supervisors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Creator and CEO Vidit Aatrey stated in a declaration. Bhartia is the Creator and also Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Team. The Jubilant Bhartia Group has 4 flagship providers noted on Indian stock market, with a combined market capitalisation of approximately USD 7.65 billion, it incorporated. Bhartia is actually additionally the Co-Chairman as well as Dealing With Director of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd along with Co-Chairman of Pleased Ingrevia Ltd as well as Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Mask's Pizza and also Dunkin' Donuts bistros in India. Before offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Banking company where she was instrumental in the team's financing bring up exercise in addition to the merger of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Financial Institution in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Chairman of the board at PhonePe, an independent director at AssetMark and the Lead Independent Fiduciary of the Franklin Templeton ETF Rely On. His previous board as well as consultatory functions stretch over providers like Axis Financial institution, Flipkart, and FreeCharge. Chatterjee had directed Coinbase through a productive IPO as its own Chief Product Policeman in 2021. Previously at Google.com, Surojit scaled Google.com Mobile Ads and Google.com Shopping into multi-billion-dollar companies as the VP and also Director of Product. "We are self-assured that their collective understanding and also diverse standpoints will definitely participate in a crucial function in guiding the firm in the direction of new breakthroughs and continual results in transforming the e-commerce garden in India," Aatrey stated. Meesho's panel additionally features co-founders Vidit Aatrey and also Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and Mergers and Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Handling Supervisor at Optimal XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Companion at Elevation Resources and Sarthak Misra, Companion at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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