Rachna Bhasin
Director
Rachna Bhasin has served as a member of our Board since August 2019. Ms. Bhasin is the Founder/CEO of EQ Partners, a strategic advisory, consulting and investment company serving early-stage companies in the areas of technology and media. Ms. Bhasin was Chief Business Officer of Magic Leap, Inc., a spatial computing company, from October 2015 through January 2019 and prior to that, served as SVP, Corporate Strategy and Business Development at SiriusXM Radio, Inc. from November 2010 through October 2015.
Ms. Bhasin also held positions at Dell, Inc., where she led the company’s consumer strategic partnership and personalization, and at EMI Music North America as Vice President of Business Development. Since March 2016, Ms. Bhasin has served as an Independent Director for Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP), a hotel, resort, entertainment and media company, where she serves on both the Human Resources and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Since August 2021, she has served as an Independent Director for PropertyGuru (NYSE: PGRU), a South East Asian Property Platform, where she serves on the Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Audiomack, a private company providing a music streaming and audio distribution platform and for Newlab, who helps to commercialize and scale the critical technologies needed to decarbonize the economy. She is also a Senior Advisor to Alignment Growth, a fund that invests gloablly in growth-stage companies across media, entertainment and gaming. Ms. Bhasin holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration with Honors from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Qualification/Skills/Attributes: Extensive senior leadership experience in the technology and media industries, specifically driving corporate and business development initiatives and significant technical expertise and experience in innovation. Valuable insight into evaluation and execution of strategic, business and operational initiatives.
Ms. Bhasin also held positions at Dell, Inc., where she led the company’s consumer strategic partnership and personalization, and at EMI Music North America as Vice President of Business Development. Since March 2016, Ms. Bhasin has served as an Independent Director for Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP), a hotel, resort, entertainment and media company, where she serves on both the Human Resources and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Since August 2021, she has served as an Independent Director for PropertyGuru (NYSE: PGRU), a South East Asian Property Platform, where she serves on the Audit Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Audiomack, a private company providing a music streaming and audio distribution platform and for Newlab, who helps to commercialize and scale the critical technologies needed to decarbonize the economy. She is also a Senior Advisor to Alignment Growth, a fund that invests gloablly in growth-stage companies across media, entertainment and gaming. Ms. Bhasin holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration with Honors from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Qualification/Skills/Attributes: Extensive senior leadership experience in the technology and media industries, specifically driving corporate and business development initiatives and significant technical expertise and experience in innovation. Valuable insight into evaluation and execution of strategic, business and operational initiatives.