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Furniture marketplace Pepperfry appoints Naveen Murali as Vice President and Head of Marketing
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ByTejika Bajaj | December 21, 2021
The furniture and home product marketplace Pepperfry has lately announced the appointment of Naveen Murali as its Vice President as well as Head of Marketing.
In his new role, Naveen will lead Pepperfry’s marketing and brand strategies with an aim to drive brand awareness across lucrative untapped markets as well as capture share in the furniture and home décor industry.
Murali is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode and holds a degree in Engineering from NIT, Warangal.
Expressing his views on the appointment of Murali, the co-founder and CEO of Pepperfry, Ambareesh Murty said, “I am confident that Naveen’s addition to team Pepperfry will help expand and accelerate our marketing agenda towards cementing our leadership of India’s home and living market.”
Murali has experience of over 10 years in marketing, sales and building business competencies. Prior to joining Pepperfry, he was associated with brands like Asian Paints and Oracle across business and marketing roles.
Commenting on the new role, Naveen Murali said, “Over the years, Pepperfry has secured a significant consumer mind share in the country. I am super excited to work towards enabling Pepperfry to further increase this share and build an unrivalled brand of the future.”
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