Meghna Apparao Appointed as Director of E-Commerce Industry Vertical in India by Meta

Meta has announced the appointment of Meghna Apparao as the Director of E-commerce in India to lead the strategy and solutioning. It is focused on the company’s largest e-commerce advertisers.

Apparao’s appointment came as a series of senior leadership recruitments in the past two years, and many in the recent months across policy, partnerships, and other key verticals, demonstrating the company’s expanding charter and commitment to India. Apparao holds 20years of experience in senior sales, marketing, and business strategy roles at companies such as Unilever, Amazon, Godrej and Licious.

She is an alumna of the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi. In 2018, she was also selected for the Chevening

Fellowship program at the University of Oxford. She will report to Arun Srinivas, Director and Head of Global Business Group at Meta in India. Meta said, “As a part of her role, Apparao will spearhead the company’s strategic relationship with the country’s leading brands in the e-Commerce space, enabling a stronger partnership through Meta platform solutions”.

Apparao holds 20 years of experience in senior sales, marketing, and business strategy roles at companies such as unilever, amazon, godrej, and licious

Arun Srinivas, Director & Head of Global Business Group at Meta in India, said, “We are committed to enabling and multiplying economic opportunities for businesses of all sizes in India. With many of them rapidly moving online and transitioning into an explosive phase of growth, it becomes more important than ever to find the right solutions and strategies that can help them scale quickly. I am thrilled to welcome Meghna as she joins our team to lead this mandate and to shape the role our apps can play in enabling the growth of some of India’s largest online and retail businesses.”