Bengaluru: GoKwik, an ecommerce enablement platform, has onboarded Amazon’s Kunal Tiwari as its chief product officer, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
The company aims to expand its product portfolio and further strengthen its existing product suite to offer support to direct to consumer (D2C) brands.
Tiwari, who has over 15 years of experience across banking, insurance, and e-commerce industries, will spearhead GoKwik’s overall product strategy execution and innovation.
In his last role at Amazon, he led multiple product portfolios, which ensured the safety and compliance of the company’s catalogue across 20+ marketplaces.
“Today, millions of customers are embracing thousands of D2C brands and this market is poised to be a $100- billion opportunity by 2025. GoKwik, with its product suite and crystal clear vision, is well-positioned to take the industry forward and democratise this opportunity for the D2C brands. This is an interesting challenge and opportunity to blend data, tech, and science solutions from two completely different product stacks: fintech and e-commerce,” said Tiwari.
Previously, Tiwari led strategic science and product initiatives for BlackRock, AXA-XL, and Bank of America. He is also part of IIM-Bangalore’s advisory board for Data Centre and Analytics Lab.
In November last year, GoKwik raised more than Rs 150 crore in capital and is backed by Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners India, RTP Global, and marquee angel investors.
“Our growth trajectory has been remarkable in the last one year, and we have been looking for someone to join our leadership team to match our increasing scale and drive product excellence. Product innovation is one of our key strategic pillars as we are changing the way people experience shopping end to end. Kunal will be a huge asset to us as we move forward in this journey of building products that complement the remarkable work D2C e-commerce brands do,” said Chirag Taneja, co-founder and CEO, GoKwik.
