BharatPe Appoints ‘Jasneet Kaur’ (Ex-PepsiCo & Microsoft) as CHRO

 

Jasneet will steer employee experience, culture and talent initiatives amid rapid growth 

Mumbai, August 25, 2020: BharatPe, India’s largest merchant payment, and lending network company, further strengthened its leadership team by appointing Ms. Jasneet Kaur as Chief Human Resource Officer. Jasneet’s appointment comes at a time when BharatPe is going through a massive expansion phase. Jasneet will work closely with the leadership team to ensure the rapid growth of the company through strategic talent management and dissemination of the company’s core values and culture across the organization.    

Jasneet is a seasoned HR professional with 21 years of cross-functional Human Resource Management experience across companies such as DHL, PepsiCo, Maersk, Microsoft, Mercer, Reliance Life Sciences. She was awarded ‘Titan of the Year’, the highest annual award for spearheading HR Transformation at Maersk Global Service Centres. 

Mr. Ashneer Grover, Co-Founder & CEO, BharatPe, said, “We are excited to welcome Jasneet to our core leadership team. She brings in a wealth of experience and best practices from global companies. Jasneet’s skills and experience give us huge confidence in building a high performance and culture centred organization.” 

Mr. Suhail Sameer, Group President, BharatPe said, “I am confident in her ability to implement the right processes, and programs that will help us create an environment that attracts, retains and develops high potential talent at BharatPe.” 

"It was clear from my first interaction with the company that BharatPe is committed to creating a vibrant workplace dedicated to fostering innovation and diversity as it builds a disruptive business. Happy to be a part of the team," said Jasneet Kaur, CHRO, BharatPe. 

About BharatPe 

BharatPe was co-founded by Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani in 2018 with the vision to make financial inclusion a reality for Indian merchants. BharatPe launched India’s first UPI interoperable QR code, first ZERO MDR payment acceptance service, first UPI payment backed merchant cash advance product, and the only P2P NBFC investment product. In 2020, post-Covid, BharatPe also launched India’s only ZERO MDR card acceptance terminals – BharatSwipe. Currently serving over 40 lakh merchants across 35 cities, the company has grown business 30x in 2019 and is the leader in UPI offline, processing 5 crore+ UPI transactions a month (annualized TPV of US$ 3.5 Bn). The company has already disbursed more than 35,000 loans (Rs. 175 crores).