Suhail Sameer Appointed as Group President in Bharat Pe

Suhail Sameer has been appointed as the Group President of BharatPe. The newly appointed Group president along with Co-Founder Ashneer Grover will handle the responsibility of building the organization, merchant network, business, and revenue. Sameer is the first appointment as the group president of BharatPe and will have the CXO report under him.  He has been the winner of Economic Times Most Promising Leader of Asia, along with it he also has an experience of working with companies coming from Consumer (FMCG, retail) to consumer technology sectors and Institutional investors. He showed his abilities towards building up businesses from a very primary level and helped turn around and existing companies to grow.

Sameer was featured in Business World 40 under 40 in the year 2019. At RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group he launched and extended his support for multi-brand FMCG business. His contribution helped in establishing and leading the venture capital fund and RPSG Ventures. He worked towards driving growth and made important portfolio decisions across many companies. Suhail is also a Managing Partner at OTP Venture partners which is involved in investing in early-stage companies across the consumer, consumer tech, and SaaS spaces.

Earlier in his career, Sameer had led McKinsey’s clean-tech practice for South Asia and the Power practice for India.

Ashneer Grover, Co-Founder & CEO, BharatPe, said, “I am super excited to welcome Suhail Sameer in his new role as the Group President. Suhail is a top-class professional operator and has a remarkable track record of delivering – whether it is building businesses ground up or managing conglomerates. The Founders and the Board are extremely excited to entrust Suhail with building the business and revenue on the back of BharatPe’s brand and network, that has been created over the last 2 years. Look forward to him leading us to 10X growth from here on.”

On his appointment, Sameer said, “There is hardly another startup better positioned to solve merchant’s capital and payment requirements in the country than BharatPe. I have been in touch with Ashneer and the team for over a year now, and I have immense conviction in the mission of the company. BharatPe has emerged even stronger from the current COVID scenario, doubling its market share, which is truly remarkable. I am excited to work with BharatPe team and Ashneer to build a category-leading business with best-in-class economics.“