Ecom Express ropes in two executivess to chart next phase of growth

BENGALURU: Logistics player Ecom Express has roped in Amazon's former global logistics head Girish Lakshman and Rajiv Kapoor, a human resources veteran currently at Fortis Healthcare, as independent non-executive directors on its board.

The move will help the online retail focused logistics player, where private equity firm Warburg Pincus owns a majority stake, chart its next phase of growth Ecom Express was founded in 2012 by TA Krishnan, Sanjeev Saxena, K. Satyanarayana and Manju Dhawan who had launched the e-tailing business at Blue Dart.

Ecom Express currently reaches 8,000 pin-codes through 800 delivery centers and 14,000 employees in 700 cities.