Carousell Group
Gaurav Bhasin has a diverse and extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Gaurav currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Laku6.com. Previously, they held leadership positions at Carousell, where they were the Group Chief Strategy Officer and CEO for Malaysia, as well as CEO of Mudah.my Malaysia and Head of Product at 701 Search Singapore. Gaurav played a significant role in transforming Mudah.my into a successful peer-to-peer marketplace and contributed to the growth and development of several online marketplace businesses across Southeast Asia. Gaurav also worked as a Startup Mentor at Endeavor and founded their own company, iLab03:09. Earlier in their career, they held executive positions at IPG Mediabrands and Mindshare, where they gained extensive experience in the media and advertising industry. Prior to that, they worked at J. Walter Thompson Worldwide in India, where they acquired a strong foundation in marketing communications.
Gaurav Bhasin has a diverse education history. In 1993, they obtained an MBA from Guru Nanak Dev University with a focus on business, management, marketing, and related support services. In 1995, they earned a certificate in Media Planning from MICA | The School of Ideas with a specialization in advertising. In 2006, Gaurav attended the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad for an Advanced Analytics for Marketing Decisions course. In 2007, they completed a Marketing Metrics certificate program at The Wharton School. In 2012, they participated in the Design Thinking Bootcamp at Stanford University. Additionally, Gaurav has completed multiple executive education programs, including Leading Change and Organisation Renewal at Harvard Business School in 2015 and Tackling the Challenges of Big Data at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2016. Gaurav also obtained a MIT Fintech Certificate Course in Future Commerce in the same year. In 2019, Gaurav completed the Berkeley Executive Coaching Certificate Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Gaurav also has additional certifications, such as No Code AI and Machine Learning from MIT Professional Education (expected completion in 2023) and the MIT Fintech: Future Commerce online course from MIT in 2016.
Carousell Group
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At Carousell, we believe in more than just buying and selling. We believe in the power of possibilities that people bring to the process. Through every buyer, seller and listing, we believe there’s opportunity beyond the transactional. Our mission is to inspire every person in the world to start selling and buying to make more possible for one another. Carousell was founded by Siu Rui, Lucas and Marcus back in August 2012 - whereby the focus is to give our users the tools to solve problems- whether it’s decluttering or earning side income- there are possibilities for everyone. We believe that technology is an enabler to solve meaningful problems at scale. We are crafting the most seamless user experience for people to sell what they don’t need and find what they need. Carousell Group is the leading multi-category platform for secondhand in Greater Southeast Asia on a mission to inspire the world to start selling, and to make secondhand the first choice. Founded in August 2012 in Singapore, the Group has a leading presence in seven markets under the brands Carousell, Cho Tot, Laku6, Mudah.my, OneShift, and Refash, serving tens of millions of monthly active users. Carousell is backed by leading investors including Telenor Group, Rakuten Ventures, Naver, STIC Investments, 500 Global and Peak XV Partners (formerly known as Sequoia Capital India). We have offices across Southeast Asia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As a team of passionate individuals working together to solve meaningful problems, there is so much more for you to discover in a career with Carousell.