Jun 2024 – Apr 2025 · 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

Nov 2019 – Oct 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• In role as the Group CEO of NODWIN Gaming, some of my achievements were:
• Created South Asia's largest esports company
• Revenue of the company grew more than 10X
• Valuation of the company grew more than 28X
• Led and raised $50 million across two rounds from lead investors being Krafton and SONY Corp respectively
• Company footprint went from 1 to 8 countries
• Pivoted the company from being an esports only to a gaming/youth media company
• Deployed more than $25 million across strategic acquisitions, part of strategically crafted inorganic growth strategy
• Responsible for bringing Dreamhack to India
• Led and closed the biggest media deal by any esports company in South Asia
• Setup the finance function and managed Board/Investor relationships and all statutory interactions, compliances and reporting

May 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• In my role as the Chief strategy Officer of the Company, I was reporting to the Group CEO and was responsible for the following:
• Identifying Strategic growth drivers of the company and making Viacom18 future ready
• As part of this, I formulated a ground up strategy for the company and all its SBUs to create exponential value as sum of parts
• Ran the startup engagement program for the company (V-Step) to get access to cutting edge innovation through startups
• Successfully executed 2 innovation weeks for the company and was able to invite path breaking external speakers like Ronnie Screwvala and Harsha Bhogle
• Successfully formulated gaming week for the company where we r esports style an tournaments for various games like Pubg M, CS:GO and FIFA
• Ran and scaled the data science practice for the company (Both Linear and Digital)
• Strategic partnerships for ad tech and ad placements business for the company
• Was responsible for incubating esports business for the company and capitalising the strength and synergy of youth, live, kids and digital businesses of the company
• I also held the additional charge of Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of the company, in which my responsibilities included:
• Was responsible for reimagining and streamlining the commerical and contracting process for:
• New Content Production (Managing Production Houses)
• Content Acquisition (readymade shows for both TV and digital)
• Talent Acquisition (For TV Serials, Web series and Movies)
• Music Acquisition (Managing Music Labels)
• Rights acquisition (Authors, Famous Personalities, etc)
• Event Production (All internal and external events of Viacom 18)
• Contract Negotiation (All Contracts for any and every production/acquisition related procurement)
• Format Acquisition (From Media houses like Endemol, etc)
• Automated the entire lifecylce management for the above

Aug 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai

• In my role as CEO Digital (Non-news) portfolio:
• Devised & Implemented a turnaround strategy for the Edtech business, propelling it to a profitable growth trajectory from a loss making one.
• Developed strategies for business growth & expansion
• Used strategic insights to restructure and sell the Food tech business
• Developed a Product driven framework
• Devised strategies for newer business offerings
• Working closely with the Chairman of the N18 board and its Shareholders, in my strategy role, I facilitated decision making in the following areas:
• Decisions pertaining to strategic expansion/revamping of the Network and its channels and their offerings
• Forming new strategic partnerships and alliances with International Media houses
• Capital Allocation decisions for the network businesses
• Fund Raise (Internal and External) for the portfolio companies of the Network
• Evaluate M&A opportunities for the group
• In my role as part of the Director's Office at RIL, I was responsible for the following:
• Strategic Liaison between RIL and Network 18
• Evaluated Media related M&A opportunities for Jio
• Formulated and architected a billion dollar fund strategy for the Chairman's office at RIL
• Ran and headed the PMO (Project Management Office) for Jio friends and family Launch in India
• Built a monthly review template and facilitated the review between Network 18 and Vice-Chairman of RIL

May 2007 – Apr 2015 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai

• Set up the Media and Entertainment (M&E) practice for the fund and was a key contributor in raising $150 million from global institutional investors. Member of Investment committee with in-depth knowledge of target sectors for fund investment. Worked closely with the portfolio companies - built their long-term strategic plans with continuous diligence and monitoring, translating long term goal into short-term tactical deliverables and milestones.
• Portfolio mock-up and Deal Sourcing: Mind-map methodology used to build investment themes across sub-sectors of M&E
• Sourced over 300 deals for the fund through a deal sourcing network of 100+ intermediaries
• Developed sectoral investment strategies for the fund by analyzing trends in the M&E landscape in India
• Proprietary access to 100 deals; sourced through existing network
• Deal Negotiation and Closure: Successfully invested $20 MN in 2 media companies, managing end-to-end investment cycle
• Built strategic roadmap for the portfolio with an aim to achieve 5x valuation growth
• Post-Investment Engagement Framework: Prepared operating plan, focused on organization design, financial goals and key performance metrics
• Orchestrated first principles of engagement with the promoters, to be followed post investment
• Developed go to market strategy: need based customer segmentation to accelerate sales

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs · Greater New York City Area

Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

Jan 2002 – Jan 2003 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area

Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Bangalore, India; Richmond, VA, USA

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr