People Digest: CARS24 names India CEO; Lendingkart makes key hires
Kunal Mundar, CEO, Cars India
February 16, 2021
CARS24, a platform for pre-owned vehicles, has appointed Kunal Mundra as CEO for its cars vertical in India, while Lendingkart Technologies has announced three leadership appointments to further strengthen its product, data science, credit and risk functions.
CARS24 names India CEO
CARS24, a platform for pre-owned vehicles, has appointed Kunal Mundra as CEO for its cars vertical in India, per a company announcement.
In this new role at CARS24, Mundra will be responsible for the company’s car business in India, while closely working with the co-founders to devise expansion strategy, the company said in a statement.
Lendingkart announces three key leadership appointments
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Sundar Gosakan joins Lendingkart as the chief risk and credit officer, Vikram Duggal as senior vice president-data science, and Kinjal Saxena as vice president-product
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Bengaluru:Lendingkart Technologies has announced three leadership appointments to strengthen its product, data science, credit and risk functions.
Sundar Gosakan will join the fintech startup as the chief risk and credit officer, Vikram Duggal as senior vice president-data science, and Kinjal Saxena as vice president-product, according to a statement issued on Monday.
“I am excited to have Sundar, Vikram and Kinjal joining Lendingkart for contributing towards our objective of empowering MSMEs in the country,” said Harshvardhan Lunia, co-founder and MD at Lendingkart. “We are also maximising our potential by strengthening our leadership and building a compelling team who will supp
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