Kartikeya Misra appointed VP of Urban Ladder

Company plans to triple its headcount by the end of this year and add 1,400 employees

Online Furniture Company Urban Ladder said it has appointed Kartikeya Misra as vice president and the head of 'Online Product', with effect from January 5.

Kartikeya will define and drive the overall Online Product roadmap - strategy and execution - with the engineering team, the company said, adding that storefront, mobile and internal systems will be among Misra's key focus areas.

Urban Ladder plans to triple its headcount by the end of this year and add 1,400 employees to its workforce to beef up their expansion plans, it said.