Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy confirms SVP exits in communication to staff
ET had first reported on Tuesday about the senior-level exits at the e-commerce major.
Travel booking website Cleartrip’s head Ayyappan R, marketplace and categories leader Amitesh Jha, fintech and payments head Dheeraj A, and growth and retention head Bharath Ram are exiting the firm, Krishnamurthy confirmed to employees.
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Jha joined Flipkart in 2010 while Ayyappan has been with the etailer since 2013, and the two are among executives with the longest tenures at the Bengaluru-based firm. The changes are also happening at the top level as the firm is working to increase agility and efficiency, people in the know had told ET when discussing the exits.
“As we have done before, we will continue looking for ways to partner with these leaders in the future through the businesses they create,” Krishnamurthy added in the internal letter.
The top-level shuffle extends beyond the
