eBay India appoints Latif Nathani as new MD

eBay India has announced Latif Nathani will now lead the

company by taking over the position of former eBay country manager Muralikrishnan B. “After eight years at eBay India leading product, category and marketing as well as the last two years as Country Manager, Muralikrishnan B is stepping down to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and a new career.

Nathani, the new ebay Managing Director will serve the company from July 1, 2013. Muralikrishnan will be transitioning his responsibilities by the end of the quarter to explore the entrepreneurial opportunities outside of eBay. Joined in 2006, he served the company by variety of leadership roles, most recently as Sr Director–Marketing & Product Management.

On taking over the new role Latif said, “I am excited about leading the thriving eBay India business which is an industry market leader in India … The marketplaces business model fascinates me and I look forward to steering the talented Indian team to even greater heights.”

With over 22 years of extensive experience in building and leading high performance global business, engineering and marketing teams, Nathani has worked with companies such as Microsoft and Symantec. He also led a consumer incubator for Microsoft India, headed Global Product Marketing for Symantec’s Norton business and was co-founder of eMemories.com.