FSN E-Commerce Ventures Limited (Nykaa) announced the appointment of Sujeet Jain, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer, as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company, with effect from February 14, 2023.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board of Directors of the Company, at its Meeting held on Monday, February 13, 2023, has considered and approved the appointment of Mr. Sujeet Jain, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of the Company as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and Key Managerial Personnel of the Company (KMP) w.e.f. February 14, 2023, in place of Mr. Rajendra Punde.”
Sujeet Jain is a seasoned General Counsel with more than 25 years of experience across diversified sectors such as Telecom, Media, Technology and Cement in leadership roles. He has led Legal, Compliance, IPR, Digital Laws, Competition Laws, M&A, Regulatory, Corporate Governance, and Company Secretarial functions across organizations.
His last stint was with UltraTech Cement, part of the Aditya Birla Group, serving as the Chief Legal Officer, where he led legal and regulatory matters and managed cross border transactions across multiple jurisdictions. Prior to that, he worked with Viacom18 Media as a Group General Counsel and Company Secretary. Earlier, he worked with People Group and Hutch (now Vodafone India) where he set up pan India legal operations.
Jain is passionate about building teams, systems, and processes to enable organization growth and has been part of various industry and regulatory bodies such as IAMAI, CII, IBF, CMA, BCCC and BARC. For his contribution to the legal fraternity, he has received numerous industry awards and has been featured in top general counsels listings including Business World and Legal500. He is a qualified lawyer, Company Secretary, Cost Accountant, and has an MBA from Warwick Business School, UK, the statement said.
