Our Leadership

We are a team of doers, listeners, and fighters led by people who’ve lived the SME journey.

We are not just building technology. We are building a revolution led by people who’ve lived the SME journey.

Our leadership combines decades of ground level experience with a shared mission: to level the playing field for small and medium businesses globally.

Our Core Leadership

Founder Murugesan DhanapalFounder Murugesan Dhanapal
Founder & CEO
Murugesan Dhanapal

With over 25 years of hands-on experience in India's B2B digital landscape, Murugesan has been a driving force behind the evolution of how small and medium businesses go online. His leadership journey began at IndiaMART and TradeIndia, where he rose from a frontline sales role to strategic leadership, directly engaging with thousands of SMEs across sectors.

Through over 30,000 hours of real-world consultation with 10,000+ business owners, he identified a clear need: SMEs do not just need visibility, they need a reliable partner to grow, scale, and stay relevant in a changing world. Pepagora is his answer, a platform shaped by ground-level realities and built to deliver real outcomes, not just digital promises. Murugesan is known for translating deep field insight into practical innovation that simplifies growth for businesses across India, the UAE, and beyond.

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Rajat Gelra

Rajat operationalizes Pepagora's vision, building the corporate backbone spanning finance, legal, and talent acquisition required for rapid, global scale. A hands-on leader with deep experience in scaling businesses, he spearheads mission-critical initiatives, from establishing our international compliance frameworks to building out the high-performance sales organization that drives our growth. Rajat translates strategic goals into a scalable, bankable business model, ensuring that Pepagora's expansion is not just fast, but built on a foundation of operational excellence and disciplined execution.

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Anuj PrakashAnuj Prakash
VP - Product & Growth
Anuj Prakash

Anuj Prakash is a product and growth leader with over a decade of experience building revenue and retention engines for fintech and SMB platforms across India. His work sits at the intersection of product thinking and commercial execution - turning acquisition, activation, and lifecycle systems into compounding business outcomes.He has served as the first growth hire at high-growth SME platforms, building performance, referral, and CRM engines from the ground up for apps serving tens of millions of small businesses. Across his career, he has scaled ARR from zero to meaningful scale, rebuilt pricing and monetisation models, and built the measurement foundations that make growth repeatable - not just fast.At Pepagora, he leads product and growth with the single focus of helping small businesses discover real value quickly, and building the systems that turn that momentum into durable scale.

Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
Aijaz Husain

Aijaz is the architect of the Pepagora experience, responsible for translating powerful technology into simple, intuitive, and elegant interfaces. He leads our UX/UI teams with a core mission: to make sophisticated business growth tools accessible to every SME, regardless of their technical expertise. By crafting a seamless and human-centered design system, Aijaz ensures that the Pepagora platform is not just functional, but a genuine pleasure to use. His work builds trust at first glance and empowers our customers by making complexity feel effortless.

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Our Advisory Board

Keshav KondamuriKeshav Kondamuri
Strategic Advisor | Technology & Innovation
Keshav Kondamuri
Keshav is a seasoned global investor and strategist with over 35 years of experience scaling startups into multi-billion-dollar enterprises. With a track record of raising over $1.5 billion in funding and guiding more than 50 companies through successful exits, he brings unparalleled expertise in international finance, venture capital, and strategic partnerships. Keshav's deep experience across Europe, the USA, and Asia provides Pepagora with invaluable insights on building a platform for global scale and fostering high-growth ecosystems.
Karthik VyasKarthik Vyas
Strategic Advisor | Technology & Innovation
Karthik Vyas
Karthik is a 3X entrepreneur and technology innovator with deep, hands-on experience in building and scaling technology startups. As a mentor at T-Hub, one of India's largest incubators, and a founder in the AI, Blockchain, and mIOT sectors, he possesses a unique understanding of the startup journey. Karthik advises Pepagora on product innovation, go-to-market strategy for emerging technologies, and building a platform that truly resonates with the ambitions of modern, tech-savvy entrepreneurs.
CA Rishi AggarwalCA Rishi Aggarwal
Strategic Advisor | Trust & Financial Governance
CA Rishi Aggarwal
Rishi is a seasoned audit and assurance partner with over 15 years of experience at "Big Four" firms, including EY and Deloitte, across the UAE, India, and the USA. He specializes in financial governance, international compliance (IFRS), and risk management. Rishi's expertise is fundamental to the Pepagora Trust Center, guiding our strategy on building a world-class framework for business verification, financial integrity, and cross-border compliance, ensuring our platform is built on a foundation of measurable trust.

Together, we are building
more than a product.

We are shaping the future of SME growth ”with vision, credibility, and human-centered scale.

Leadership