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  • Zee Media’s Manoj Jagyasi joins Bharat 24 as chief business officer

    Zee Media’s Manoj Jagyasi joins Bharat 24 as chief business officer

    Mumbai: Manoj Jagyasi has joined the leadership team of to-be-launched Hindi news channel Bharat 24 as chief business officer and strategic advisor to the board, as per a LinkedIn update. He was previously associated with Zee Media Corporation where he served as chief revenue officer.

    Helmed by Jagdish Chandra previously associated with ETV Network and Zee Media, Bharat 24 channel is expected to launch in August 2022, as per media reports.

    At Zee Media, one of the largest news broadcast networks in the country, Jagyasi was responsible for managing the top line and aligning the bottom line of 14 news channels and servicing the top network clients.

    He has immense experience in sales and management having worked across locations in India. His expertise lies in business strategy and execution, working with cross-functional and multi-location teams, digging out consumer insights, content creation, and developing marketing and communication strategy.

    Jagyasi has over 19 years of experience in the media industry. He has been associated with India Today, Hindustan Unilever, Network18 Media and Investments, iTV Network, TV18 Broadcast before joining Zee Media in February 2017.

  • Disney+ Hotstar’s Sunil Rayan joins Moloco as chief business officer

    Disney+ Hotstar’s Sunil Rayan joins Moloco as chief business officer

    Mumbai: Machine learning platform for mobile apps Moloco announced recently that it has hired Sunil Rayan as the company’s first chief business officer.

    In his new role, Rayan’s duties will include overseeing all commercial functions across Moloco’s products and platforms, ensuring the proper strategies are implemented. He will report directly to CEO Ikkjin Ahn.

    As a pioneer of mobile ad performance marketing, Rayan brings over 25 years of global experience building commercial and product operations & leading go-to-market teams. He also brings a unique skill set and expertise in business strategy and scaling up large technology-driven businesses.

    “Together, we will help customers grow significantly by helping them unlock the full value of unique, first-party data with Moloco’s world-leading machine learning and infrastructure solutions,” said the statement.

    Prior to Moloco, he served as president and head of Disney+ Hotstar, where he grew the streaming business 8x to over 50+ million subscribers, scaled more than 20 markets internationally for Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar across India, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa, and led the launch of the next-generation Hotstar streaming platform. Before joining Disney+, Rayan held leadership roles at Google for more than seven years, where he led the Global Mobile App ads business and helped build Google Cloud solutions for games. Prior to that, he was an Associate Partner at McKinsey, serving technology clients across a variety of functions.

    “I am happy to welcome Sunil Rayan as our Chief Business Officer. He brings the expertise in enterprise cloud products, engineering, business development, and proven success building & scaling global sales organizations that will help Moloco accelerate its next stage of growth,” said Moloco CEO Ikkjin Ahn. “He is a humble and ambitious leader with a track record for successfully growing global businesses, and we are excited to have him join us on our journey.”

    “Moloco is a generational company that is bringing the power of machine learning to programmatic performance advertising and enabling monetization for direct-to-consumer businesses of all sizes,” said Sunil Rayan. “Together, we will help customers grow significantly by helping them unlock the full value of unique, first-party data with Moloco’s world-leading machine learning and infrastructure solutions.”

  • FreshMenu strengthens leadership team; appoints Jyotishman Deka as chief business officer

    FreshMenu strengthens leadership team; appoints Jyotishman Deka as chief business officer

    Mumbai: The leading food-tech and cloud kitchen company FreshMenu has appointed Jyotishman Deka as chief business officer. Deka will work closely with founder and CEO Rashmi Daga to further accelerate the growth of the brand. Jyotishman comes with over 20 years of experience of working with MNCs as well as startups. 

    In his new role, he will look after business expansion, driving overall revenue and growth for the business. FreshMenu has also raised a capital of Rs 50 crore from Florintree Advisors, a growth stage venture capital firm. In the upcoming months, FreshMenu plans on using the new funding to target Rs 200 crore ARR in FY23 and double the kitchen footprint, while scaling its upcoming brands. 

    Speaking of his appointment, Jyotishman Deka said, “It is an interesting time for the food tech industry and FreshMenu in particular. I am excited to take this opportunity to drive a customer-focused approach to garner exponential growth for FreshMenu. I believe FreshMenu’s potential is limitless, and look forward to working with the teams to build and fast-track the brand’s momentous growth in the days to come.”

    FreshMenu founder and CEO Rashmi Daga said, “We are excited to onboard Jyotishman to our core leadership team as we embark on our next phase. He brings a wealth of experience, skills and best practices from leading companies that we are sure will complement the growth of the company. Together, we look forward to re-energise the Freshmenu brand.”

  • Shariq Patel resigns as CBO of Zee Studios

    Shariq Patel resigns as CBO of Zee Studios

    Mumbai: Zee Studios chief business officer Shariq Patel has stepped down ending his four-year association with the company.  

    A company spokesperson in a statement said, “We wish to confirm that Shariq Patel has resigned from the position of chief business officer, Zee Studios, to pursue his interests and passion outside the organization. Shariq has helmed the movies business successfully over the past few years and contributed immeasurably towards its growth. We wish him the very best for all future endeavours.”

    Patel spearheaded the movie business of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) and was responsible for various aspects of the value chain including movie purchase/production as well as monetisation across all markets – domestic and international.

    In a career spanning 26 years, Shariq has worked across industries in diverse sectors including financial services, radio, internet, telecom, sports management and film production.

     

  • Gunjan Nagpal joins Rhiti Sports management as chief business officer

    Gunjan Nagpal joins Rhiti Sports management as chief business officer

    Mumbai: Gunjan Nagpal has joined Rhiti Sports as chief business officer, according to his latest LinkedIn update.

    Nagpal has over 18 years of experience across media, digital and banking. He specialises in new business development, directing cross-functional teams, managing 360-degree events and festivals, developing new products and brand integration.

    Nagpal was previously associated with Pen Music as vice president- of revenue for the broadcast business since February 2020. He was associated with OTT platform Zee5 as head of agency business. He has also had stints at PVR Limited, Sony Pictures Networks India, Times Network and Reliance Broadcast Network Limited. He started his career at Citibank.

  • Bhuwan Bhatt joins News Nation Network as chief business officer

    Bhuwan Bhatt joins News Nation Network as chief business officer

    Mumbai: News Nation Network has announced the appointment of Bhuwan Bhatt as chief business officer for all its network channels.

    In this role, Bhatt will be responsible for the performance of all revenue-generating avenues, drive growth through strategic decisions, partner with key stakeholders and steer revenue acceleration through his leadership.

    “We have immense faith in the capabilities that Bhuwan brings to the table. We look forward to driving growth of the brand with each passing day under Bhuwan’s leadership,” commented News Nation Network managing director Sanjay Kulshreshtha.

    Having more than two decades of experience in senior positions in the media sector with leading broadcasting conglomerates such as TV Today, Times group, Star TV, and NDTV. Bhatt has a proven track record of bringing great results in revenue optimisation by leveraging the strategic potential of existing assets.

    “It gives me great pleasure to join the enthusiastic and aggressive team of News Nation Network. The brand is already well established, and I look forward to collaborating with all stakeholders to achieve long-term goals,” said Bhuwan Bhatt on his new role.

    “As we embark on the next phase of growth for the network, joining of Bhuwan will give a strong boost to the revenue potential of the network. I’m confident that as a seasoned professional Bhuwan will scale new heights,” said News Nation Network director and editor-in-chief Manoj Gairola.

    The network currently broadcasts a national Hindi news channel News Nation, two regional channels News State UP/UK, and News State MP/CG and has a strong digital presence. The network is all set to enter various states with its regional news offerings in a couple of months.

  • Byju’s names Prathyusha Agarwal as India CBO – Early Learn

    Byju’s names Prathyusha Agarwal as India CBO – Early Learn

    Mumbai: Ed-tech major Byju’s has announced the appointment of Prathyusha Agarwal as chief business officer to lead the Early Learn Business vertical.

    In this role, Agarwal will focus on charting the Early Learn portfolio strategy, define, design and deliver the holistic learning consumer offering and drive top-line growth for the business vertical. Early Learn aims to offer personalised and interactive learning programs across digital, physical and live classes for kids aged between four–eight years.  

    On the leadership appointment, Byju’s chief operating officer Mrinal Mohit said, “We are delighted to have Prathyusha onboard with us to lead the Early Learn Business at Byju’s. She has worked with notable brands for over 20 years and holds a wide experience across businesses and sectors. We look forward to working with her to strengthen our business further as well as support her to achieve her vision for Byju’s.”

    Byju’s aims to grow the early learn category to become the market leader in coming years, stated the ed-tech major. Through partnerships and acquisitions such as Osmo, Epic, and WhiteHat Jr, among others, the brand’s early learn category offerings have expanded to include ‘phygital’ learning – a seamless blend of online and offline, collaborative learning, digital reading, gamified approaches to lessons, etc to further accelerate and transform learning for young learners.

    Agarwal’s appointment comes at a time when the firm is gearing up to take these multiple offerings as a holistic learning proposition for Early Learners in the fast-growing Indian market.
    Sharing her thoughts, Prathyusha Agarwal said, “Early Learning is the most formative experience with potential to shape us into learners for life equipped to take on the ever-transforming world. I am super excited to be joining Byju’s and working with the team who are passionate about creating an equal learning ecosystem in the country. Within a short period, Byju’s has revolutionised the education landscape in India and I look forward to furthering the vision of putting early learners at the core of this journey.”

    Before joining Byju’s, Agarwal was the chief consumer and data officer at Zee, where she led the business transformation initiatives and the brand growth mandate across TV and OTT verticals. In her 21+ year career, she has launched Tata’s e-commerce venture TataCLiQ as the head of marketing, worked with HDFC Life as the VP, marketing and analytics and led brand strategy for the Star TV network. She was also the founder director of ‘All OK Tech Support’, worked with Market Gate Consulting and honed marketing skills at HUL in different sales and marketing roles. She is a post-graduate from IIM Ahmedabad, with her graduation in electrical engineering from IIT Madras.

  • Mosaic Wellness onboards Abhinav Mohan as chief business officer

    Mosaic Wellness onboards Abhinav Mohan as chief business officer

    Mumbai: Mosaic Wellness, a health & wellness start-up running digital health clinic platforms Man Matters and Bodywise, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Abhinav Mohan as chief business officer. 

    In this role, Mohan will head all categories and brand marketing and work closely with co-founder and CEO Revant Bhate, said the statement.

    “We are thrilled to welcome Abhinav to our core leadership team,” said Bhate. “Given his rich experience in scaling consumer first propositions with InMobi and Glance, we are looking forward to leveraging his leadership skills in navigating the next phase in our growth journey across categories and propositions.”  

    Mohan brings with him over 10 years of experience in building and scaling technology businesses. In his previous stint as VP and GM of monetisation at Glance (part of InMobi Group), he was helping brands connect with their audience and have personalized conversations with them through AI-enabled digital platforms. 

    In his previous roles at InMobi, he has also worked on consumer insights, performance marketing and innovative data solutions across both ad-tech and mar-tech. 

    “Having spent the last few years in the consumer tech world, I have witnessed the transformative power of technology on consumer businesses,” commented Abhinav Mohan. “It’s super exciting to see how Mosaic Wellness, with its technology-first approach, has been able to scale its digital health platform through consultations and I am looking forward to helping them disrupt the health and wellness industry.”

  • Joginder Rana named as CASHe vice chairman & MD

    Joginder Rana named as CASHe vice chairman & MD

    Mumbai: AI-driven financial wellness platform CASHe is prepping up for its next phase of growth with a series of key leadership appointments. To this effect, the company has appointed Joginder Rana as the vice-chairman and managing director, Dhruv Jain as chief executive officer, while the incumbent chief technology officer, Yashoraj Tyagi, has been appointed as the company’s first chief business officer.
     
    “The key leadership appointments will play a crucial role in driving the company’s expansion plans. The new team will work closely with Joginder Rana to help CASHe realise its 3.0 vision of becoming the go-to financial platform for the millennial and Gen Z cohort,” the company said in a statement on Friday.

    “We have been ramping up our efforts to piece together a best-in-class team to demystify credit and credit rating systems thereby making financial inclusion possible to all. The company is now in a position to make a better life for everyone by expanding its financial products to cover the entire gamut of needs of its customers,” stated CASHe founder-chairman Raman Kumar. “Joginder, Dhruv, and Yashoraj supported by a young and talented team of professionals will catapult CASHe into becoming the financial platform of choice for all,” he added.

    Rana, a veteran banker, brings in over three decades of global and domestic experience in the banking & ITES industry essentially covering wholesale, retail, rural & FI banking. His previous stint was the MD of Bank of Baroda Global Shared Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda. He has also held senior management positions in leading banks such as RBL Bank, and Citigroup. He holds a distinguished academic background as an all-India rank holder in CA, ICWA and CS. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from the USA.

    “I am excited about joining CASHe, an incredibly well-positioned company that can transform financial inclusion in an under-penetrated and under-serviced sector, using its unique and industry-first credit rating and credit decision support algorithms and technology platform,” said Joginder Rana on his new role. “Rapid adoption of digital financial products and evolving consumer preferences are strong drivers of growth in this sector and CASHe is well-positioned to assume market leadership as a FinTech platform of choice.”

    Dhruv Jain who joins as CASHe’s CEO brings over three decades of extensive experience in all facets of corporate finance, having worked with large domestic and multinational conglomerates. Most recently, he was MD – CFO with Altico Capital India Ltd, an NBFC, where he spearheaded the company’s critical finance functions, including raising debt capital for business growth. Prior to Altico Capital, he held key leadership roles with India Infoline Group, CitiFinancial (part of Citigroup), Bharti Airtel, Kotak Securities and ITC’s financial services group. Jain is a fellow chartered accountant and licentiate company secretary.

    “I am excited to join CASHe, as its vision and growth plans align with my passion for financial inclusion of all in a credit under-served environment,” stated Dhruv Jain. “CASHe has a strong business model and I look forward to this leadership role to accelerate growth by expanding its balance sheet and increasing profitability. The company is focused on growing aggressively and I am keen to lead CASHe and fuel its ambitious growth plans”

    Yashoraj Tyagi, the youngest CXO level team member, has been appointed as the company’s first bhief Business officer in addition to his current role as CTO. Tyagi joined the company in 2017 as a trainee engineer, straight from BITS Pilani and soon rose to become the CTO post his masters in financial engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. His experience in data sciences/AI and product management will ensure that the company is at the forefront of innovation and excellence. His expanded role will focus on bringing out innovative financial products that are inclusive and expansive besides striving for tech and business focussed alliances that are key to CASHe’s long-term growth and success.

  • 9X Media CBO Punit Pandey takes additional charge of revenue

    9X Media CBO Punit Pandey takes additional charge of revenue

    Mumbai: 9X Media’s chief business officer (CBO) Punit Pandey has taken additional charge of revenue for the network. Being part of 9X Media’s executive team, he will continue to work closely with the board of directors to drive the next phase of growth for the network.

    An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in business development, Pandey will now guide and mentor the sales team at 9X Media.

    Pandey’s deep understanding of the world of media and technology, his robust experience in cross- and multi-platform marketing and advertising, will prove extremely crucial in putting the network on the growth trajectory. Before getting into the business role at 9X Media, he successfully led the national sales team at 9X Media for over two years when the channel was launched in 2007.

    He has also worked with some of the most iconic media brands like MTV, Zee TV, Rediff.com, Radio Mirchi, Mid-day, and the Reliance Enterprise Business, among others.

    “I am extremely proud to be a part of 9X Media since the network’s inception in 2007. From a single music television channel, 9X Media has evolved into India’s largest music television network comprising platforms both television and digital,” said Punit Pandey. “I am excited to take charge of ad sales in these challenging times. I am also delighted to take our network’s large tribe of happy young music and entertainment consumers across screens, to the marketplace! My priority as revenue head is to steer the network towards the next phase of growth.”