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

.Representative ImageSoftbank-backed shopping firm Meesho on Friday said it has designated Jubilant Bhartia Team founder Hari S Bhartia in addition to 3 other veteran business leaders as independent directors. Along with Bhartia, Meesho has actually onboarded past JP Morgan Leader Kalpana Morparia for South and South East Asia, PhonePe non-executive Leader of the panel Rohit Bhagat, and San Francisco-based artificial intelligence provider Ema's CEO Surojit Chatterjee. "As our experts start the next stage of development, I am actually thrilled to declare the consultation of Surojit Chatterjee, Kalpana Morparia, Rohit Bhagat, and also Hari S. Bhartia as private supervisors to Meesho's board," Meesho, Founder as well as CEO Vidit Aatrey said in a statement. Bhartia is actually the Owner as well as Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Team possesses four crown jewel companies detailed on Indian stock market, with a combined market capitalisation of about USD 7.65 billion, it added. Bhartia is actually likewise the Co-Chairman and also Taking Care Of Supervisor of Jubilant Pharmova Ltd and also Co-Chairman of Pleased Ingrevia Ltd and Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India. Just before offering JP Morgan, Morparia was at ICICI Bank where she contributed in the group's funds increasing physical exercise along with the merger of ICICI Ltd along with ICICI Banking Company in 2002. Bhagat is actually presently the non-executive Chairman of the board at PhonePe, an independent director at AssetMark as well as the Lead Independent Trustee of the Franklin Templeton ETF Depend On. His previous board as well as consultatory roles span companies like Axis Bank, Flipkart, and FreeCharge. Chatterjee had actually assisted Coinbase with an effective IPO as its own Principal Product Police Officer in 2021. Formerly at Google, Surojit scaled Google.com Mobile Advertisements and also Google.com Buying right into multi-billion-dollar businesses as the VP and also Director of Item. "Our experts are certain that their collective wisdom as well as unique perspectives will play a crucial function in steering the firm in the direction of brand-new turning points as well as sustained effectiveness in revolutionizing the ecommerce landscape in India," Aatrey pointed out. Meesho's board also consists of co-founders Vidit Aatrey as well as Sanjeev Barnwal Ashutosh Sharma, Head of Investments and also Mergers as well as Acquisitions at Prosus Ventures Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director at Height XV Allies Mukul Arora, Co-Managing Partner at Altitude Resources and also Sarthak Misra, Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Published On Aug 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM IST.




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