Meghna Apparao to helm Meta India’s e-commerce vertical

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, announced the appointment of Meghna Apparao as the Director of E-commerce in India. As a part of her role, Meghna will spearhead the company’s strategic relationship with the country’s leading brands in the e-commerce space, enabling a stronger partnership through Meta platform solutions. She will report to Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of Global Business Group at Meta in India. 

Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of Global Business Group at Meta, said, “We are committed to enabling and multiplying economic opportunities for businesses of all sizes in India. With many of them rapidly moving online and transitioning into an explosive phase of growth, it becomes more important than ever to find the right solutions and strategies that can help them scale quickly. I am thrilled to welcome Meghna as she joins our team to lead this mandate and to shape the role our apps can play in enabling the growth of some of India’s largest online and retail businesses.” 

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Apparao comes with two decade-experience across sales, marketing, and business strategy departments at companies such as Unilever, Amazon, Godrej, and Licious. Her last assignment was with Licious, where she was the Chief Business Officer. She is an alumna of Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi. In 2018, she was also selected for the Chevening Fellowship program at the University of Oxford.