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Future Media announces senior management structure
MUMBAI: Future Media, the media company of Future Group has announced a slew of management appointments with Madison’s Hemant Shah roped in as COO.
Among other senior level appointments, ex-Group M executive Anup Kotekar has joined as business director for audio visual medium which will involve business of television and radio in the retail properties. With prior experience at the Zee Group and The Times of India, V Jaishankar has been appointed business director for visual medium. Vishakha Singh will head the MaRCom function, having had previous experience at Times Now and CNBC.
Commenting on the new team, Future Media CEO Partho Dasgupta said, “The diversity in the team is to build in strengths. The changing landscape of consumerism will see all forms of traditional media interacting with the consumers in the ambience of consumption.”
Additionally, MTV’s Malvika Narayan, UTV’s Sunil Punjabi, along with Anish Shah, ex-Infomedia and Times group and Sharda Pillai, ex-Portland have come on board as senior sales team members, states an official release.
Future Media (India) Ltd. is a part of the Future Group, and is creating media properties which are visual, audio-visual (television and radio) and print, to engage and provide brands a medium to communicate to consumers. Future Media will have media vehicles across Future Group retail properties including Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar and Central) and allied partners.
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Jio Platforms Limited appoints Dan Bailey as president to drive its international business
London-based telecom veteran joins the executive committee, and will report to Akash Ambani
MUMBAI: India’s digital disruptor is sharpening its global claws. Jio Platforms Limited has appointed Dan Bailey as president to drive its international business, signalling that the next leg of its growth story will be written well beyond Indian shores.
Based in London, Bailey will report to Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, and take a seat on Jio Platforms’ executive committee. His mandate: translate Jio’s domestic dominance into global heft.
Announcing the appointment, Akash Ambani said: “We are delighted to welcome Dan to Jio. Dan has been a trusted advisor to us for many years, and his counsel has been invaluable as we have grown and evolved.”
He added: “He has spent his career at the centre of the global telecom and technology ecosystem and brings deep relationships, strategic insights, and a strong understanding of the industry’s complexity. Just as importantly, he shares our ambition and energy for what lies ahead. I look forward to working closely with him.”
Bailey brings more than 35 years of experience across consulting and investment banking. He has held senior leadership roles at Schroders/Citi, Morgan Stanley and HSBC, and most recently served as chairman of Deutsche Bank’s TMT practice. Over the decades, he has advised some of the world’s largest corporates and financial sponsors on transformative transactions, including several of the most consequential telecom deals in history.
On taking up the role, Bailey said: “I have long admired what Jio has built in India — the scale, the speed, and the genuine impact on people’s lives. The chance to help take that story global is the kind of opportunity you don’t think twice about. I am delighted to be joining Akash and the team and cannot wait to get started.”
The move follows signals from Jio Platforms’ most recent annual general meeting that its next chapter lies beyond India. Over the past decade, Jio has built digital platforms and technologies that have reshaped connectivity and access for over a billion people. Armed with a defined roadmap, strong partnerships and hard-won scale, it is now preparing to export that playbook to global markets.
If India was the proving ground, the world is now the arena.
