Zee Media Corporation has announced the appointment of Abhishek Nigam as chief operating officer for its digital business.
Nigam moves from Airtel where he was product head for its B2C platform.
Bibek Agarwala, group chief strategy and innovation officer, said, “Irrespective of the prevailing challenges, Zee Digital has reported exponential growth within the last few years through strategic communications and technological advancements. With extensive experience and knowledge in the technology, product and sales domain, Abhishek Nigam will definitely add value to the company's vision and the overall implementation and development trajectory."
He added, "Moving ahead, we are looking forward to an aggressive growth roadmap that will help achieve a differentiated and sustainable competitive positioning for Zee Media's digital assets in this dynamically changing digital ecosystem."
Nigam said, "I am delighted to join hands with India’s most diversified digital publishing group. It would be an honour to work with the highly knowledgeable leadership. My endeavour would be to help Zee Media scale new heights across the globe by aligning all the digital assets and bringing in synergies through strategic measures and latest technological innovations."
Nigam has also had stints with Times Internet and Jagran Group.