Fourth top management appointment in three months as Jabong embarks on a new era of professionalization of ecommerce in India led by experienced leaders
New Delhi, Feb. 26, 2016: India’s leading online fashion destination Jabong announced that Muralikrishnan B. is joining its leadership team as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. He will report directly to the CEO Sanjeev Mohanty and will be responsible for overseeing the technology, product and digital marketing functions.
Muralikrishnan is an e-commerce & consumer internet veteran and a product strategy & management specialist with 19 years of industry experience. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), he has worked with large internet service providers (ISPs) in product management roles before joining eBay in 2005, where he performed leadership roles in product management, category management and marketing before taking over as its Country Manager for India, Philippines & Malaysia in 2011. Prior to joining Jabong, he was the Chief Operating Officer of IndiaProperty, a leading online real estate portal, before which he co-founded a start-up in the digital health space.
Sanjeev Mohanty, CEO and Managing Director, Jabong, said, "I am very excited to welcome Murali to join my leadership team in this exciting phase of evolution at Jabong, as we transform into a professionally managed company. I am sure that his contributions will help Jabong achieve profitable growth by focusing on product innovation with a passion for serving our consumers with the most incredible mobile and digital shopping experience."
This is the fourth top level hire at Jabong in three months, as the company transforms itself from a start-up to a professionally run organisation. Earlier this month, Jabong had announced the appointment of Deepa Chadha as its Chief Human Resource Officer. The company had previously strengthened its leadership by appointing Ranjan Kant as Chief Marketplace Officer and Kalyan Kumar as Chief Merchandising Officer. These experienced leaders will support Sanjeev Mohanty who took over as CEO in December 2015.
Muralikrishnan will have further responsibility to guide and assist in product management at other Global Fashion Group companies.
ABOUT JABONG
Jabong is one of the six fashion ecommerce brands within Global Fashion Group (GFG), the world’s leading fashion ecommerce group for emerging markets that operates across 28 countries. As India’s leading online fashion destination, Jabong is a one-stop shop that offers a wide selection of over 350k products across its footwear, apparel, jewellery and accessories categories. From home grown to exclusive international brands to designer labels, Jabong brings to its customers the latest trends across the globe. Jabong, founded in 2011, is based out of Gurgaon and employs around 800 people.
