Snapdeal acquired FreeCharge, a digital payments platform announced Govind Rajan as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company replaces Kunal Shah who is now the chairman.
“In Govind, we have an exceptional leader, who will lead FreeCharge to become the No. 1 player in the payments ecosystem in the country,” said Kual Shah in a press release.
Govind joined FreeCharge in August 2015 and was the Chief Operating Officer at the company.
In his previous stints, Govind was the Chief Marketing Officer (B2C) at Bharti Airtel and concurrently also served as the CEO for Airtel Money. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Govind spent the first 15 years of his professional life at Hindustan Unilever, where he served in various marketing and leadership roles.
In April 2015, Snapdeal had acquired FreeCharge in the biggest deal that the e-commerce sector has seen in India till date. FreeCharge, which competes with Paytm and Mobikwik, had started offering its mobile wallet service last year.