Gunjan Soni

COO & CEO, Zalora at Global Fashion Group

Gunjan Soni is the current CEO of Zalora at Global Fashion Group. Prior to this, they were the Head of Jabong at Myntra from December 2015 to October 2018. Soni is credited with leading the turn-around to revive both growth (from degrowing to 30% growth) and significantly improve profitability at Jabong. Gunjan revived website traffic, launched 180 new brands based on customer insights in 2017, and introduced key customer service & tech led experience interventions such as next day delivery, mood store, personalised sort and campaigns. Soni also started Jabong ShowStopper Festival online event to drive full price sales in new season vs. traditional sale driven events. As a result of their efforts, Jabong’s operating profit improved by 20 percentage points in 2017. In addition, they integrated supply chain and technology systems with Myntra to achieve economies of scale, significantly lowering costs.

Prior to their work at Myntra, Soni was the Executive Vice President at Star India from February 2014 to November 2015. Before that, they were a Partner at McKinsey & Company from April 2013 to January 2014. Earlier in their career, they were an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company from June 2008 to February 2013. Soni started their career as a software engineer at Infosys Technologies Ltd from January 2000 to December 2001.

Gunjan Soni has an MBA in Finance from XLRI Jamshedpur and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya and Government Engineering College Bhopal.

Gunjan Soni works with Nicolle Strauss - Chief People Officer, Erica Berchtold - CEO, THE ICONIC, and Melanie Smallwood - Chief Brand Partnerships Officer. Gunjan Soni reports to Christoph Barchewitz, Co-CEO.

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