Shopify hires Bharati Balakrishnan as India head to push growth

Bengaluru: Bharati Balakrishnan has joined Shopify, a platform that enables ecommerce sellers, as its India head, according to a post shared by her on professional networking site LinkedIn on Tuesday. Balakrishnan has had stints at Future Group and Paytm Mall, and was also a former Alibaba India executive.

“We are just getting started in India. I cannot wait to work with our partner and developer ecosystem, to help businesses of all sizes and types build their own stores online, and make commerce better for everyone!,” she said in the post.