Times Network Announces Key Elevations In Its Leadership Team

Broadcast network Times Network has announced key elevations in the senior management team concurrent to the remarkable performance demonstrated by the company. Despite the economic slowdown faced by the industry, the Network registered 24% growth and all-around excellence on the back of superior viewership across products, strong distribution and ad sales and a surging Digital portfolio in FY19.

Commenting on the promotions, MK Anand, MD & CEO, Times Network said “The Network’s stellar performance is a testimony of the superior talent of our top managers. These elevations are in recognition of their contribution to the growth of the company. I am confident that we will continue to harness every headwind in our path and continue to move forward.”

Jagdish Mulchandani has been elevated to Chief Operating Officer & Executive President. Jagdishwill be responsible in setting scalable distribution opportunities in both international & domestic markets and will continue to oversee overall Operations and Finance related strategy. Nikhil Gandhi has been promoted as Chief Operating Officer & President. Besides driving lucrative monetization strategy and overall business growth of the Network’s bouquet of channels, Nikhilwill also be responsible for driving strategic growth and profitability for Times Influence, International Business & Zoom along with its original content division, The Zoom Studios & events division Zoom Live.

Vivek Srivastava has been elevated to President, Strategy and will oversee Marketing and the critical area of audience
management. HisKRAswill is consumer insights, product strategy & innovation for the network. In addition, he will continue to be Business Head of the network’s premium bouquet ofEnglishEntertainmentChannels, sustaining its market leadership and profitability.

ShouneelCharles, as Executive Vice President will further boost Audience growth and turnover of the Network’s digital platforms and also lead the company’s overall digital transformation with content innovation and process re-engineering to facilitate a planned metamorphosis of Times Network to be a Digital-first media company.

Additionally, a few other senior-level promotions have also been announced. These are JigneshKenia, ExecutiveVice PresidentCorporate Strategy, S. Srivathsan, Executive Vice President- Human Resources, Sandeep Bharadwaj, Executive Vice President – Distribution andGauravDhawan, Executive Vice President-Revenue.―Adage India