BharatPe ropes in former FairMoney MD Rohan Khara as CPO

Rohan Khara

Peak XV Partners-backed unicorn BharatPe has roped in Rohan Khara, the former managing director of loan app FairMoney, as its Chief Product Officer (CPO).

In his new role, Rohan will be leading product development and innovation, designing of merchants and consumer products, and user research teams across the BharatPe Group of companies, the firm said in a statement.

He will be reporting to Chief Financial Officer and interim CEO Nalin Negi.

Khara replaces Ankur Jain who had decided to hang up his boots in October last year, after serving more than three years at the Peak XV Partners-backed unicorn.

Khara has been working for the last eight years building and scaling financial services products across fintech startups in three emerging markets - India, Indonesia and Nigeria, the company said.

Besides leading product roles at MobiKwik and Quikr, he co-founded Gojek’s Financial Services Business Unit in Jakarta (Indonesia).

Rohan Khara, Chief Product Officer, BharatPe Group, added, “My focus as the CPO will not only be to build innovative products that drive immense value for our end users (merchants and consumers), but also balance innovation with fiscal prudence. We will continue to launch new products that cater to the requirements of our target segments, while driving business value by adding to the bottom line," said Khara.

CFO Nalin Negi added to this, saying, "Rohan’s extensive experience will be instrumental in BharatPe’s product innovation play, in turn, catapulting our growth to the next level, as we continue with our journey to empower millions of merchants and customers."