India, May 20 -- Jaipur-based CarDekho Group, the parent company of automobile marketplace CarDekho and insurance aggregator Insurance Dekho has appointed Neelesh Talathi as group chief financial officer (CFO) in preparation for an initial public offering (IPO).

Talathi, a former CFO at Pepperfry, Mensa Brands and Vedanta Group, will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, optimising capital allocation, driving mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities and bringing new growth opportunities at the group level.

Founded in 2008 by Amit Jain and Anurag Jain, CarDekho Group includes brands such as automobile marketplace CarDekho, insurance platform InsuranceDekho, lending platform Rupyy and car rental platform Revv.

Talathi repl...