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V-Mart Retail appoints Aakash Moondhra as chairman
Mumbai: Retail store chain V-Mart Retail Ltd has announced the appointment of Aakash Moondhra as chairman of the company. The company also announced a strategic change in its leadership structure, with the role of chairman and managing director now being split and Moondhra (independent director) being designated as chairman, while Lalit Agarwal would continue in his role as managing director.
Moondhra is PayU’s global CFO and continues to remain an independent director on the board of VMart. “I am thankful to the Board for posing the confidence in me and I will try my best to contribute in making VMart an even better organisation than it already is and I look forward to this exciting journey together with the fellow board members,” Moondhra said on his appointment. “The purpose behind this role separation is not merely with related compliance; rather, it is to ensure an even better and balanced governance structure and effective guidance to the management.”
Founded in 2002, V-Mart is an omnichannel retail store chain offering fashion apparel, footwear, home furnishings, general merchandise, and Kirana. Primarily focusing on tier 2 and 3 cities, V-Mart is present pan-India with 368 stores in 26 states, the company follows the concept of ‘value retailing’ for the affordable fashion of the rapidly-expanding middle class, stated the brand.
“The appointment of Aakash as the chairman will herald a new era of corporate governance in the company,” said Lalit Agarwal. “Aakash has been a torchbearer of ethics and governance and this indeed is a big change for a so far promoter-led company which is now embarking on its new charter of growth, ably supported by a deep-rooted professional and independent governance culture.”
“In the long run, this diversion of roles would surely benefit all stakeholders in our value chain. It is a key to promote overall Board independence while enabling me to focus even more deeply on driving company growth, value creation for all our shareholders, and day-to-day company management,” he further said.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
