Venkatesh Tarakkad has been named Chief Financial Officer of DealShare, a social e-commerce platform. He will be in charge of both the Finance and Supply Chain functions at DealShare.
He was the CFO of Ecom Express, TCNS Clothing, and Metro Cash & Carry in India previously. He has also held positions at E&Y and Coca-Cola.
Commenting on the appointment, Vineet Rao, Founder & CEO of DealShare said, “We are delighted to welcome Venkatesh to the DealShare family. It is an exciting time for DealShare as we rapidly scale our business, expand into new markets, and empower local communities & manufacturers. Venkatesh’s addition will strengthen the leadership team. His extensive experience will help us chart out a strategy that enables us to augment and sharpen the unit economics further while growing fast.”
“I am happy to join DealShare at this key moment of its career,” Tarakkad stated of his decision to join. I previously built and grew an offline trading firm, and now I’m even more delighted to be establishing an incredible business in the holy grail of internet retail at Dealshare. I’m looking forward to collaborating with the excellent leadership team and achieving the strategy goal of profitability while growing.”
