Flipkart names Google executive Chatterjee Sr Vice President

Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart today said Google's Surojit Chatterjee will join the company as Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth.

In the new role, Chatterjee will be responsible for all consumer experience across desktop as well as mobile and will report to Punit Soni, Chief Product Officer, the company said in a release.

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Flipkart said Chatterjee spent the last eight-and-a-half years at Google, where most recently he was the global head of Mobile Search Advertising and AdSense for Search (AFS).

He was a founding member of Google's mobile search ads and helped make mobile search ads a growth engine for Google, developing it into a multi-billion dollar business, it added. Mukesh Bansal, Head-Commerce Platform said: "He will be part of the leadership team and help innovate and improve all the ways we serve our customers."

Source PTI