Business
New appointments reflect companies seeking experienced and far-sighted individuals at the helm
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hange in the leadership at the helm before hitting the full throttle this year, is the newest thing in the Indian e-commerce market with many companies seeking senior personnel with more experience and far-sightedness.
The latest news comes from online fashion retailer Jabong, who on Tuesday revealed its appointment Rahul Taneja as the company’s chief business officer.
Prior to joining Jabong, Taneja was the vice-president and head of category management at Snapdeal. The IIM Bangalore alumnus has over 14 years of work experience. He has been in leadership roles at Fortune 500 organizations such as Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Philips.
Sanjeev Mohanty, CEO of Jabong, said, “With his addition to the leadership team, we can now focus on growing the business using core category strengths instead of discounts as a lever and bring in consumer focus on growth categories which could result in profitable growth.”
Jabong has recently appointed Muralikrishnan B as its chief operating officer and Deepa Chadha as its chief human resource officer. Their early appointments include Ranjan Kant as chief marketplace officer and Kalyan Kumar as chief merchandising officer.
Another such appointment has been of Neelseh Talathi as its chief financial officer (CFO) of furniture and home products marketplace Pepperfry.com. Talathi will lead strategy, financial planning, accounting, legal and corporate affairs, said Pepperfry.com.
He has close to two decades of experience overseeing large finance organizations for high-growth multinationals. Talathi began his career with Hindustan Unilever and worked there for over 17 years across multiple geographies and businesses His last assignment prior to joining Pepperfry was with Vedanta Resources as CFO of Vedanta’s iron ore division.
Ambareesh Murty, founder and CEO of Pepperfry, said, “I am sure that his rich and diverse finance and operating experience will help us leverage scalable best practices as we continue to build a high growth, high margin and highly differentiated business.”
