The current trend of appointing experienced individuals at the helm continues as Flipkart’s logistic arm, Ekart further strengthened its top management with appointments of former McDonalds executive Abhijit Upadhye as the head of business development and former Tata Teleservices executive Harish Abichandani as the CFO.
Upadhye has 20 years of experience in strategy, supply chain, sales and consulting, having worked at companies like Infosys, CPG Domain Consulting Group, Perfetti, and Philips. He will be reporting to Ekart head Saikiran Krishnamurthy while Abichandani will report to Flipkart CFO Sanjay Baweja.
Ekart has also made 4-5 director-level appointments for functions like design, finance & insurance, and strategic programme management, according to a Flipkart spokesperson.Upadhye has joined as vice-president of business development.
His task would be mainly to get more third-party clients on board for Ekart, which has been running pilots with Aditya Birla group venture Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, besides online retailers Jabong, PayTm, YepMe, and Shopclues.
The move comes at a time when Ekart is looking to position itself as an independent business, eyeing clients in both online retail and brands who need supply chain solutions.
