Flipkart COO Quits Amid Snapdeal Acquisition

Nitin Seth, the Chief Operating Officer of Flipkart, quit the e-commerce company on Wednesday. The head of the logistics unit Ekart cited personal reasons for leaving the organization.

Seth, who had joined the company in March 2016 as the Chief People Officer was promoted to Chief Administrative Officer and eventually the COO. He was also in charge of other corporate functions such as Strategy and Human Resources, which was then taken over by CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy. This move gives Krishnamurthy overall charge of all key functions of the organizations.

Prior to joining Flipkart, Seth worked as the MD for Fidelity International as the MD and was the head of its offshore operations across Tunisia and India. He has also lead McKinsey’s global knowledge center for 8 years before joining Fidelity.

Nitin Seth’s exit is the latest in a long list of several senior level officers leaving Flipkart following a management overhaul. The list includes Saikiran Krishnamurthy, head of Ekart; chief marketing officer Samardeep Subandh; and senior vice president of product management Surojit Chatterjee.

Seth’s exit comes at a time at an unfavorable time as the Bengaluru-based company is in talks of acquiring Snapdeal, a fellow e-commerce startup. Flipkart has recently raised $1.4 billion from industry giants this past April which gave it control over eBay India.