Snapdeal appoints Vishal Chadha as vice president for market development

NEW DELHI: E-commerce major Snapdeal.com has appointed Vishal Chadha as vice president of market development. He will lead the company’s business development and seller marketing efforts with the goal of bringing a million small and medium businesses to the platform.

“We are very excited to have Vishal join the Snapdeal family. Vishal comes with a rich experience in leadership roles across industries and I am sure his vast experience will add tremendous value and further fuel our vision of getting a million businesses online,” said Rohit Bansal, co-founder of Snapdeal.com.

An IIM alumnus, Chadha has 18 years’ experience in verticals such as strategy, sales retail and marketing. Prior to joining Snapdeal, he worked as advisor with Samsung India mobile & IT business.

“E-commerce is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country today and Snapdeal has been extremely successful in revolutionising online shopping in India,” Chadha said. “This is a great opportunity and I look forward to be a part of this company and contribute to Snapdeal’s vision of creating life-changing experiences for buyers and sellers.”

Chadha has also held key positions at Nokia UK, where he was global director heading multi-brand retail marketing. At Nokia India, he headed sales for their multimedia business group and retail and customer marketing. He’s also held the position of sales head, western India, at Britannia.