(16 August 2007 3:19 pm)

MUMBAI: Buongiorno (Hong Kong) Limited has appointed Harsh Chutani as head of media alliance and operations for India.

Chutani will be responsible for growing and establishing Buongiorno’s presence in the media space in India. He would be heading Buongiorno's operation of all media accounts – including television channels, mobile media, music labels, internet amongst others.

Chutani was earlier working with Television Eighteen India Ltd. as head – technology vertical sales where he was responsible for building up the technology vertical practice (all IT / Office / Automation / Telecom clients) and sustaining a steady revenue stream from unconventional formats of electronic media (non-display advertising).

Prior to this he has been with the Times of India and Cyber Media. Harsh has 12 years of experience in sales and marketing in the media industry to his credit.

Buongiorno (Hong Kong) Ltd CEO/COO Simone Ranucci Brandimarte said, "We are delighted that the Indian team is growing in terms of senior industry leaders joining the senior management team at this exciting stage of exponential growth of Buongiorno in India."

Buongiorno (Hong Kong) Ltd India co-CEO and country manager Milind Pathak said, "Chutani has spent a large part of his professional career within the media space in India. His in-depth understanding of the content requirements in the publishing/broadcasting business as well as the IT business will certainly prove to be asset for us."

Commenting on his appointment, Chutani said, "I am pleased to join this innovative company focusing on digital convergence on media, mobile, internet and TV. Our immediate priority would be to develop a strong and stable existing business and embark an expansion plan in additional revenue and business lines."

Buongiorno in India is a part of Buongiorno (Hong Kong) Limited, a subsidiary of Buongiorno. The objective of the company is to provide and distribute digital value-added services, into emerging and fast growing Asian and Russian (CIS) markets.