BharatPe hires Zomato’s Head of Sales to lead growth

NEW DELHI: BharatPe has fortified its leadership team by appointing Nishant Jain as Chief Business Officer. Jain will be responsible for charting out BharatPe’s next phase of growth & will work on the company’s aggressive plans to scale up its footprint to 10 million merchants this year. Jain will be the 4th CXO at BharatPe joining Vijay Agarwal (CTO), Nishit Sharma (Chief Revenue Officer) and Puneet Agarwal (Chief Risk Officer) in the core team.

Jain has worked in leadership roles with Pepsi, the Coca Cola Company & more recently with Zomato. He has exposure in sales, P&L, change management & scaling-up businesses in highly dynamic and competitive environments.

Ashneer Grover, Co-Founder & CEO, BharatPe said in a statement, “We are delighted to welcome Nishant onboard, he brings in a wealth of deep expertise in building & scaling up merchant focussed business, go-to-market teams and driving accelerated growth. His role will be crucial in growing our merchant network in India while generating & scaling the loan revenues for BharatPe.”


In his previous stint, Nishant worked at Coca Cola as Director National Key Accounts for India & South West Asia BU and has also worked at senior positions in companies like Fortis, PepsiCo and Bennett & Coleman.