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Zepto Ropes In Former Myntra CFO Ramesh Bafna To Lead Finance Team

The new appointment is reportedly significant for the quick commerce start-up Zepto as it plans to go public in the next two to three years

Zepto Ropes In Former Myntra CFO Ramesh Bafna To Lead Finance Team

Press Trust Of India

POSTED ON April 17, 2023 9:58 AM

Quick commerce start-up Zepto has appointed Ramesh Bafna as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Previously, Bafna has served as the chief financial officer of the fashion and lifestyle e-commerce firm Myntra.    

"To take Zepto public in 2-3 years, we believe we need an incredible CFO and Ramesh is the right person for the job," said Zepto co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Aadit Palicha.

Zepto said that Bafna's appointment signifies major milestones in its growth and profitability metrics, where the company is now focusing on building an industry-leading finance team for its next phase of scale. 
 
Bafna will take over the role in mid-May from Jitendra Nagpal who moved out of the company recently. 

As per his LinkedIn, Bafna has over two decades of experience and has earlier served as the CFO at the wealth tech company, CoinSwitch Kuber and fashion company Zilingo. He has also spent a decade at IT services major Wipro.

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