Tarun Katial quits Zee5 as CEO

Zee5 CEO Tarun Katial has called it quits after leading the OTT and contech brand from Zee stable for four years.

Confirming the development, a company spokesperson said, “We wish to confirm that Tarun Katial has tendered his resignation, as CEO, Zee5 India. We thank him for his valuable contribution towards the growth of Zee5. Under his able leadership, in a very short span of time, Zee5 has emerged as India’s largest ConTech brand, delivering seamless, superlative content across different consumer touch-points, backed with cutting edge technology. His rich experience and expertise have been invaluable in building a robust digital platform. We wish Tarun the best in all his future endeavours.

In line with our recently announced strategic restructuring of the organisation, Amit Goenka as the President - Digital Businesses and Platforms will continue to lead team Zee5, along with other digital platforms.”

According to his LinkedIn profile, Katial began his career with creative agencies such as Saatchi, Enterprise Nexus Lowe and Ogilvy & Mather. Pursuant to this, he moved to Star Network and rose to become the Head of Channels across the network in India before moving to Sony Entertainment as Business Head. Prior to joining ZEE5, Katial was the Founder CEO at BIG FM.

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