Neelesh Talathi joins Pepperfry as chief financial officer

MUMBAI: Furniture and home products marketplace Pepperfry.com today announced the appointment of Neelesh Talathi as its chief financial officer ( CFO). In this role, Talathi will lead strategy, financial planning, accounting, legal and corporate affairs for Pepperfry.com.

He has close to two decades of experience overseeing large finance organizations for high-growth multinationals. Talathi began his career with Hindustan Unilever and worked there for over 17 years across multiple geographies and businesses in roles such as director, financial analytics at Unilever and CFO of Unilever Mashreq. His last assignment prior to joining Pepperfry was with Vedanta Resources as CFO of Vedanta’s iron ore division.

”It’s great to have Talathi with us on our Pepperfry journey. I am sure that his rich and diverse finance and operating experience will help us leverage scalable best practices as we continue to build a high growth, high margin and highly differentiated business.” said Ambareesh Murty, founder and CEO of Pepperfry.

“It’s great to work with a market pioneer like Pepperfry, which has built a great brand with strong market leadership in India’s furniture and home segment in a short span of time. I look forward to working with Murty and the team to scale even greater heights in the future,” said Talathi on his new appointment.