ShareChat appoints Ajit Varghese as its Chief Commercial Officer

As per his new role, Ajit Varghese will be responsible for driving monetization at ShareChat, leading its marketing efforts, and spearheading content partnerships to drive revenues.

ShareChat announced the appointment of Ajit Varghese as its Chief Commercial Officer. With an experience spanning 25+ years, Varghese has a track record of leading large-scale business transformations and building diverse and successful businesses around media, creative, digital, data, content, sports, and performance.

Prior to joining ShareChat, Ajit Varghese was the Global President at Wavemaker.

In his new role at ShareChat, he will be pivotal in expanding and strengthening the platform’s revenue efforts and building a robust monetization approach with a strategic content partnership.

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Varghese will also spearhead its marketing functions, to be inclined towards brand elevation, aligned with business centricity. He will be reporting to Farid Ahsan, COO, and Cofounder at ShareChat.

Speaking on the new appointment, Farid Ahsan, COO, and Cofounder, ShareChat, said, “Brand marketing and monetization is going to be the core focus of ShareChat and we will direct our efforts towards elevating the brand positioning through strategic communications approach. Ajit, with his leadership capabilities and expert knowledge of the media, marketing, and advertising domain, will play a critical role in further building brand awareness, deepening relationships with our business stakeholders, and driving ShareChat toward the next phase of growth. Having held many globally influential roles across his 25+ years of experience, his expertise will help us build ShareChat for the future and it is a matter of great pride to have him on our leadership team.”

Ajit Varghese, Chief Commercial Officer, ShareChat, said, "Having previously worked and transformed several global organizations, it has always been a hidden desire to contribute towards transforming an Indian organization to global repute. I believe ShareChat in the next few years will evolve as the default partner to every brand, homegrown and global, that intends to engage with the internet-first population."

"As the digital advertising landscape awaits the inclusion of over 400 million new internet users, mostly inclined towards native languages, ShareChat will stay at the forefront of unveiling a new digital era. This will be an exciting journey for me as I look forward to contributing to ShareChat’s growth and building a win-win relationship with our community of users, partners, and business stakeholders", he added.