Venke Sharma joins Star TV Network as Head of Digital Marketing

Sharma will be based in Mumbai. He will be responsible for developing and leading the Digital Marketing mandate for Star India

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | April 23, 2013

Venke Sharma

CVS 'Venke' Sharma, who quit the Leo Burnett Network in Jakarta, Indonesia, earlier this month, is back in India. According to informed sources, Sharma has joined Star TV Network as Vice-President and will head digital marketing for the network. He will be responsible for digital marketing initiatives of all the channels and digital properties of the Star TV Network in India.

Sharma will be based in Mumbai. It may be recalled that Star TV's Vice President and Head, Digital (Internet and Mobile) Lalit Bhagia had quit last month.

Neither Sharma nor the Star India spokesperson could be contacted at the time of filing this report.

Sharma spent over six years with Leo Burnett Network. In his last assignment in Jakarta, he was Executive Director and Head of Digital for Leo Burnett Indonesia. He had moved to Leo Burnett Indonesia in February last year. Before that, he was Senior VP & Director, Arc Worldwide, the digital arm of Leo Burnett India.

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