Prior to joining Zomato, Akriti worked with PwC for 3 years in the Tax & Regulatory practice
Online food ordering platform Zomato has elevated Akriti Chopra as Co-Founder, and Chief People Officer
In an internal note, Deepinder Goyal, Founder, and CEO of Zomato said, “Akriti has been working with Zomato for almost a decade and has held different positions during her stint,”
“She has an undying commitment to Zomato and our wellbeing. Akriti has been one of the strongest pillars of support for Zomato as we weathered multiple ups and downs through these years,” Goyal said.
He added that her work has played an important role as the company prepared for its IPO.
“Akriti, I know this doesn’t mean much to you because you have always been a founder at Zomato. Sometimes more than me, but never less than me. Thank you. Congratulations Akriti for now officially being a founder at Zomato,” Goyal said.
Akriti started her stint at Zomato in 2011 as a Senior Manager of Finance and Operations and had established and scaled business finance functions across all verticals.
She has also built Zomato’s in-house Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance teams, and had been instrumental in the company’s multiple fundraisers and acquisitions, as well in setting up its international presence as a part of the Global Growth and International Operations teams.
Akriti is now the Co-Founder and Chief People Officer at Zomato.
Prior to joining Zomato, Akriti worked with PwC for 3 years in the Tax & Regulatory practice. She is a Chartered Accountant and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi with a B.Com (Hons) degree.
Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company founded by Pankaj Chaddah and Deepinder Goyal in 2008. Zomato provides information, menus and user-reviews of restaurants as well as food delivery options from partner restaurants in select cities.