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JioStar appoints Amit Malhotra as head of international business
Veteran from Warner Media and Disney to lead global expansion from Singapore base.
MUMBAI: JioStar just recruited a global heavyweight to take its entertainment empire international because when you’re aiming to conquer screens worldwide, you don’t send a rookie; you send Amit Malhotra. JioStar has appointed Amit Malhotra as Head of International Business, with the seasoned executive joining this week and basing himself in Singapore. In his new role, Malhotra will shape the company’s long-term global growth strategy, position JioStar as a category-defining entertainment player on the world stage, and drive launches, high-impact partnerships, and innovation across overseas markets.
Reporting jointly to the leadership team, he will operate at the intersection of product, markets, and external ecosystems acting as both strategic architect and hands-on leader to deliver differentiated value to consumers in diverse geographies, including both white-labelling arrangements and full market entries.
Malhotra brings deep expertise from senior roles in the media and entertainment industry. Most recently, he served as danaging director of Warner Media’s direct-to-consumer platforms across India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Before joining Warner in 2021, he spent 17 years with The Walt Disney Company in various leadership positions, culminating as Regional Lead for Disney+ in Southeast Asia.
Beyond operational experience, Malhotra serves as an advisor to Affinity Equity and Emtek Group, sits on the Board of Governors of Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore, and chairs the Advisory Committee for the School of Design and Media at the institution.
His appointment signals JioStar’s aggressive push beyond domestic borders at a time when Indian entertainment platforms are eyeing global relevance. With Malhotra’s track record of scaling streaming services across Asia, the company is betting on his blend of strategic vision and execution prowess to turn international markets from ambition into revenue reality, one market launch at a time.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
