Pioneering Ventures appoints Nitin Puri to spearhead the e-marketplace vertical

Pioneering Ventures, the Swiss-Indian food and technology platform company with operational footprint across 14 countries, has appointed Nitin Puri as the Head, e-Marketplace Ventures.

Puri will lead the group’s digital market platform initiatives in B2B & B2C segments across multiple product categories. He will be based out of New Delhi and split his time between Delhi, Mumbai, and Switzerland.

Puri has over two decades of cross-functional leadership experience with ITC, Reliance Retail, MCX and Aditya Birla Nuvo. His last stint was in Yes Bank, where he was Group President and Head of the Food & Agri Advisory Group. Through his career, he has led businesses across commodity markets, retail, FMCG, agri inputs, derivatives exchanges, supply chain, consulting and banking.


Ron Pal, Founder and Chairman of the PV Board said in a statement “He will be an asset in PV’s journey to excel as a platform company that aims to transform the global food ecosystem. His work and passion at the confluence of food and technology and his hands-on experience in multiple agri supply chains and in the larger Indian business ecosystem will add immense value to our organisation.”

“The PV group is at an inflection point to disrupt and transform the sector through multiple digital marketplace offerings. I am extremely excited,” said Puri.

Puri is a graduate from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) & National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (NIT), with an AMP in Agribusiness from Cornell University. He is has consulted PMO, Niti Aayog, CII and Union Ministries of Agriculture, Food Processing & Commerce on several policy matters.