BharatPe has this month hired Nishant Jain from Zomato as its chief business officer and Ankur Jain, a former Walmart Labs executive, as its chief product officer.
KOLKATA/BENGALURU: Amid a 50-60% slump in CXO hiring and layoffs galore, a handful of startups and ecommerce companies are using the opportunity to bolster their top decks.
BasicFirst, Dream Sports, FarEye, Licious, Myntra, Milk Mantra, Vedantu, HouseJoy, Zivame and BharatPe are among those that have onboarded top-level hires even as the Covid-19-induced lockdown disrupted almost all businesses across sectors.
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Many other companies operating in sectors that have been less affected – and even thriving during the lockdown – such as edtech, SaaS, managed data centres, digital payments, OTT, gaming, artificial intelligence and machine learning, are scouting for CXO talent, recruiters and company officials said.
Razorpay, BharatPe, upGrad, Paytm, Vedantu, WhiteHat Jr, Unacademy are among those on the lookout, they said.
The crisis has opened up opportunities for some startups to bring in senior talent to help them get ready for the new normal where digital technology and services players are set to play a key role.
Source: Economic Times
