Kishan Kumar — CEO
Dairy technologist turned media & advertising professional turned content creator &storyteller. MICA graduate and successful business leader with 21 years of multi-cultural experience in people and P&L management across sectors like advertising, media and linear and OTT broadcast. Currently leads the TV & OTT cluster business of JioStar Malayalam with 5 TV channels and JioHotstar Malayalam. Responsible for the viewership growth and dominant market share coupled with topline & bottom-line growth of JioStar Malayalam. Previously, over an 18-year association, been one of the key architects building Maxus and later Wavemaker as India’s leading media agency. In the last role as Chief Growth Officer, won new business worth120Mn USD+ leading Wavemaker to #1 Indian media agencyin 2020 and 2021 in business growth as per R3 & Campaign Asia. A strong proponent in unlocking people's potential for organisational success. Believes in setting inspirational leadership by example. Strategic thinking, creativity, collaborative team building and performance under pressure are core strengths. Has multiple passion disorder with interests in sports, music, theatre, cinema, literature, Malayalam language, food and culture. Recipient of 150+ national & international awards including Cannes, Festival of Media Global and Asia, WPP Creme De La Creme, Mashable Global, Spikes Asia, WARC Prize, Grand Emvies and Emvies Client of the year, Goafest, Big Bang to name a few. Winner of 3 individual & 4 team Choreo Awards (GroupM India's internal value awards). Actively engaged in industry forums like Ad Club Bangalore.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Advertising expert with extensive experience in content strategy and business growth.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 22 yrs 6 mos
Career Highlights
- Led JioStar Malayalam to significant market share growth.
- Chief Growth Officer at Wavemaker, driving $120M+ in new business.
- Recipient of 150+ prestigious national and international awards.
Work Experience
JioStar
Executive Vice President -- Malayalam (6 mos)
Business Head, TV & Digital, Malayalam Cluster (1 yr 1 mo)
Disney Star
Executive Director -- Channel Business Asianet (2 yrs 8 mos)
Wavemaker India
Chief Growth Officer (1 yr 6 mos)
Wavemaker
Vice President (1 yr 8 mos)
Managing Partner (1 yr 4 mos)
Maxus Global
Managing Director (1 yr 8 mos)
General Manager (1 yr 3 mos)
Client Leader (3 yrs 3 mos)
Senior Investment Director (8 mos)
Investment Director (1 yr 7 mos)
Investment Group Head (1 yr 6 mos)
Investment Manager (9 mos)
Business Manager (1 yr 1 mo)
Business Executive (9 mos)
Vasudhara Dairy, Valsad
Officer, Quality Control and Internal Audit (1 yr 4 mos)
Education
PGDCM at MICA | The School of Ideas
B Tech at Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Pre Degree at St. Thomas' College (Autonomous), Thrissur
SSLC at Fatima Matha EMHS, Piravam
