Cuemath strengthens leadership team with new appointments, ahead of next growth phase
Bengaluru : Cuemath, the global math tutoring platform, announces several new senior appointments as it continues the reorganization of its leadership team. The new hires are an important step as Cuemath embarks upon its next phase of growth.
The company has appointed Samir Kulshresth as CFO, Nisha Popli as CHRO, Janardan Singh as Chief of Sales, and Anushray Gupta as Chief Product and Technology Officer. Samir and Nisha have joined Cuemath already, with Janardan and Anushray’s appointments effective from January 2022. All the new hires will report to Vivek Sunder, who was newly appointed as CEO in October.
Further senior appointments are anticipated over the following months as part of Cuemath’s growth plan.
Focusing on reinventing the traditional way of teaching, these key leadership appointments are critical to driving Cuemath’s international expansion, as it aims to double the number of students on its platform in 2022. The new team will work with Vivek Sunder to drive the platform to new heights and achieve Cuemath’s 3.0 vision of ‘Teaching Math the Right Way’.
Manan Khurma, Founder and Chairman of Cuemath, commented:
“Our vision, student centricity, and learning outcomes have cemented our position as a leader in math tutoring. As we prepare for our next wave of growth, these leadership changes will strengthen governance in Cuemath 3.0 and support our goal of a presence in 50 countries and becoming a global math leader. With Vivek at the helm, supported by this senior leadership talent, we are poised to scale greater heights. I wish them the very best in their new roles.”
Vivek Sunder, Chief Executive Officer of Cuemath, said:
“We exist to create a better ecosystem to teach mathematics and consistently deliver learning outcomes. Everything we do boils down to building the next generation of creative thinkers and problem solvers. The new array of dedicated leaders makes me more confident and committed in entering this new chapter of Cuemath’s growth and integrating our diverse knowledge and expertise in realizing the company’s vision.”
Samir, a Chartered Accountant, has over 19 years of financial management experience across the ecommerce, healthcare, telecom & IT/ITES sectors. He has held previous roles at Practo, Fortis Healthcare, Genpact and Indus Towers.
Janardan has over 20 years of business leadership experience with expertise in scaling up in the ed-tech
sector. His last assignment was with ClassKlap as its founder and COO.
Nisha has over 19 years’ experience in directing Human Resources programs for leading businesses, including the Big Four accountancy firms and leading global professional services firms globally. Prior to Cuemath, she was heading HR for Moglix India, a B2B e-commerce start-up. She has also worked as the Head of People Office for the Small Format business of Future Group India, Global HR Head with The Smart Cube, and other HR roles with KPMG, Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young.
Anushray is rejoining Cuemath having originally built the Company’s engineering and product team as CTO. He then moved to Udaan as Product Lead for their Grocery vertical where he was key in increasing market share.
Cuemath is a global online math learning platform backed by marquee investors including Lightstone Aspada, Alpha Wave Incubation, Sequoia Capital India, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), and Manta Ray. The EdTech brand, which is present across 20 countries, has over 200,000 students leveraging its platform.