Bhawna Agarwal has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seventymm.com after Mudit Khosla has stepped down from the post. Earlier, she was serving as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the property strengthening the business metrics and re-focusing the ecommerce business.
"Seventymm is well poised for continued growth and profitability in ecommerce marketplace. We are very happy to welcome Bhawna as CEO on board. She is a hands-on leader with strong expertise in the Indian digital commerce industry. We are confident that she will successfully manage the Seventymm business. The Company would like to thank Mudit," said Vani Kola, Managing Director-IUVP India.
Bhawna has over 14 years of experience in leading media houses, Internet companies and start-ups in India. Having initially dabbled between fashion and pharma, she started her internet journey in 2000. Initially consulting and servicing clients for ecommerce solutions, she was instrumental in creating country’s first online travel platform -IndiaTimes Travel in 2004.
In 2006, she joined the founding team of Yatra.com, where she was heading P&L responsibility and provided leadership for day-to-day operations such as Alliances, Sales, Product management, Marketing, Business management, Technology, Team management etc.
She had held various key positions such as business head of Times Internet Ltd and manager at Rediff.com.
Bangalore based Seventymm was founded by serial entrepreneur Raghav Kher back in 2006. Seventymm Services Pvt Ltd has raised $21.4 million in funding from venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson, ePlanet Ventures and IndoUS Venture Partners, and also has offices in Delhi and Gurgaon.