NITIN CHHABRA
CEO
Nitin has been in the retail industry since 2000 and has been accredited with launching and managing multiple domestic & international brands. He has been the CEO of Brooks Brothers, Thomas Pink & Iconix Brands and was responsible for forming joint ventures and alliances during his stint with Reliance Brands. He has held various leadership roles in Reid & Taylor, VF Corp and Arvind Brands.
Most Likely: A coffee addict. When he is not working he can be found in a movie hall.
BERRY SINGH
COO
Berry is an alumnus of NIFT and has been the Business Head of Timberland, Paul&Shark, GAS, Dune and the Retail Head for Diesel. As a founding member of Reliance Brands, he was responsible for building the operations, sales, and marketing teams to run the business. His earlier role in VF Corp as Assistant Business Head was to spearhead the retail operations & merchandising for Lee.
Most Likely: A foodie. In his free time, he likes to indulge in a game of badminton.
SRINIVASA GOPAL
VP-FINANCE
Srinivasa Gopal is Vice President, Finance at ace turtle. Prior to joining ace turtle, Srini used to work as Head, Finance and Operations at William Penn. An alumni of ICFAI University, Srini brings more than two decades of experience in Finance and Accounting and has worked in leadership roles across various corporates including Head, MIS in VF Corporation and Finance Senior Manager in Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited.
At ace turtle, Srini leads the finance team and is also responsible for investor relations and regulatory compliance.
MUKESH KHANDELWAL
VP & HEAD OF ENGINEERING
Mukesh Khandelwal is VP, Engineering at Ace Turtle. He is a seasoned software engineer with 20+ years of experience in Technology. Before joining Ace Turtle, Mukesh has worked in several Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Yahoo, Standard Chartered, as well as high growth startups like Myntra & Lenskart.
At Ace Turtle, Mukesh is responsible for heading and managing engineering and architecture of its omnichannel platform and ensure that technical design and delivery of its products are consistent with the requirement of enterprise brands that Ace Turtle works with.
VISHAL SRIVASTAVA
VP-CUSTOMER SUCCESS & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Vishal Srivastava is VP-Customer Success & Strategic Alliances at Ace Turtle. He has profound knowledge and experience in Customer Success, Product, Sales, Strategic Alliances & People Management with 13+ years of experience in SaaS/PaaS pertaining to retail, QSR, banking and education. Before joining Ace Turtle, Vishal was a founding team member & Sr. Director – Sales & Customer Success at Wooqer and has managed several enterprises like Landmark Group, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, Bestseller, Raymonds, Devyani Internationals.
At Ace Turtle, Vishal is responsible for building a team of Customer Success enthusiasts for delivering value to Customers.
PRERNA MODI
VP – PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Prerna Modi is VP – Product Management at Ace Turtle. Prerna an alumnus of IIT Madras, comes with 15+ years of experience in leading product & technology innovations in e-commerce & entertainment domains. Before joining Ace Turtle, Prerna has worked with Jabong, Burrp, Shaadi.com, Hungama music.
At Ace Turtle, Prerna is building product solutions that take the omnichannel & retail business of brands to the next level.
BOARD MEMBERS
ANDY S LEW
President, Brooks Brothers
Independent Director
Andy is the President – International operations for Brooks Bros, and a board member for three Brook Bros subsidiaries – China, HK and Singapore. He has worked as Director Strategic Distribution – EZegna for Greater China to create strategy and build operational efficiency. Andy has also worked as Director Nordstrom Stores where he was responsible for P&L, Gross Margin Delivery and product launches.
PIYUSH KHARBANDA
PARTNER VERTEX VENTURES
Board Member
Mr. Piyush Kharbanda joined Vertex in 2016 and is focusing on opportunities in India.
Prior to Vertex, he spent five years investing across sectors with Multiples, a leading India based mid-market fund, where he was involved in investments through portfolio management and exit. Before that, Piyush worked with Alvarez and Marsal on performance improvement and strategy consulting assignments.
Piyush holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, and a Bachelors in Electronics and Communications from the Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi.
BEN MATHIAS
Managing Partner,Vertex Ventures (SEA & India)
Board Observer
With more than 20 years of management and investment experience, Ben is also on the board of FirstCry, Housejoy, Licious, Hotelogix, Flutura, Active Intelligence & Synup. Ben graduated from IIT Madras, with a BTech in Ocean Engineering and Dartmouth College with an MS in Engineering Sciences.
VIPIN KAPOOR
Board Member
Vipin Kapoor is the Founder and Managing Director of Kapsons, a multi-million dollar fashion retail and wholesale enterprise. Vipin is one of the most respected Retail Entrepreneurs in India.
HWEE LIM WONG
Head, Digital International at CapitaLand
Board Observer
Hwee Lim is the Head, Digital International at CapitaLand with more than 20 years of Enterprise Digital and IT Strategy experience. Hwee Lim was Head of Group Business Solution and Systems and Head, Corporate Development before taking up the Digital role. Prior to joining CapitaLand, Hwee Lim was Managing Director of Accenture Singapore, Communications, Media and Technology (CMT) Industry. He holds a degree in civil engineering from National University of Singapore and is based in Singapore.
GRAHAM GREEN
Ecommerce and Multi-Channel Consultant
Advisory Board Member
Graham is a thought leader in the eCommerce space and a pioneer of multi-channel commerce in Europe. He is also the founder and CEO of Tagmanet, a virtual fulfilment company, and Zendor.com, one of the first eCommerce & fulfilment businesses in the UK. He eventually sold these companies to 3i & GSI Commerce respectively. Prior to this, he has worked on the delivery of full eCommerce solutions and strategic projects for international brands such as Austin Reed, NBrown, Boots, Ann Summers, Barratts Priceless and Betterware amongst others.
DAVID MEREDITH
Head of Operations at John Lewis
Advisory Board Member
David has a senior management career spanning over 25 years with some impressive blue-chip companies. David is a highly acclaimed retail and business leader with proven accomplishment in the domain of eCommerce, logistics and warehouse distribution. His experience covers both 3rd Party logistics operators and retailers, with a emphasis on the evolution of home shopping from early catalogue operations right through to today’s more demanding omni-channel environment.
Prior to John Lewis, David was Director of Logistics for the fashion e-trailer Asos.com. He was also Ecommerce and Fulfilment Director for Unipart Logistics, Business Transformation Director for Royal Mail, COO for Redcats (the home shopping arm of the French conglomerate PPR group) and also General Manager for ShopDirect Group (formerly The Littlewoods Organisation). He has also had roles with FedEx, Ryder Inc and Linfox Ltd.
