AgenciesNitin Bawankule, head of ad sales at DisneyStar has put in his papers and is expected to join Amazon next month.
Highly placed sources in DisneyStar confirmed that Bawankule is serving his notice period and April 22 is his last day at the company.
DisneyStar has seen multiple senior level exits in the last one year, most recent being of Sunil Rayan, head of Disney+Hotstar, who resigned from his position last month.
Last year, Anil Jayraj, ad sales head of Star Sports, had quit to join as CEO of Viacom18’ sports business.
An email query sent to DisneyStar did not elicit any response.
Bawankule had joined the then Star India on October 1, 2019, amidst of its merger with the Walt Disney Company, as part of the global deal.
Prior to DisneyStar, he was country director – India for Google Cloud.
Bawankule, an IIM Bangalore alumnus, has over 27 years of experience in traditional sales and digital space. He had been with Google for over eight years.
Prior to that, he was industry director, working closely with Ecommerce, Retail, Online Classifieds (Real Estate, Matrimonials, Local and Jobs), Technology and Education players to grow the Indian online ecosystem and scale their businesses through digital marketing.
He has also worked at Dell for close to six years, Motorola, Whirlpool India and Godrej GE Appliances.
Highly placed sources in DisneyStar confirmed that Bawankule is serving his notice period and April 22 is his last day at the company.
DisneyStar has seen multiple senior level exits in the last one year, most recent being of Sunil Rayan, head of Disney+Hotstar, who resigned from his position last month.
Last year, Anil Jayraj, ad sales head of Star Sports, had quit to join as CEO of Viacom18’ sports business.
An email query sent to DisneyStar did not elicit any response.
Bawankule had joined the then Star India on October 1, 2019, amidst of its merger with the Walt Disney Company, as part of the global deal.
Prior to DisneyStar, he was country director – India for Google Cloud.
Bawankule, an IIM Bangalore alumnus, has over 27 years of experience in traditional sales and digital space. He had been with Google for over eight years.
Prior to that, he was industry director, working closely with Ecommerce, Retail, Online Classifieds (Real Estate, Matrimonials, Local and Jobs), Technology and Education players to grow the Indian online ecosystem and scale their businesses through digital marketing.
He has also worked at Dell for close to six years, Motorola, Whirlpool India and Godrej GE Appliances.
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