A business leader with more than 27 years' of rich and varied experience in strategic leadership, business and finance roles. He is presently associated with HT Media group as Managing Director of HT Media Limited and Hindustan Media Ventures Limited.
The last role in Pepsico was Senior Vice President & GM based out of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for all Pepsico businesses across the North & South East Asia. Prior to that he was the CEO for the Food business, CEO for PepsiCo’s beverage business in India & South Asia, CFO for PepsiCo’s India & South Asia business, Strategic & Financial Planning Head for Pepsico India & South Asia.
Mr. Someshwar is a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant.
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sameer Singh, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He is currently serving as Group CEO of HT Media Limited, Holding Company and CEO of Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, Fellow Subsidiary Company. He is also serving as Non-Executive Director of Digicontent Limited, Fellow Subsidiary Company.
In his most recent stint, he served as Head of North America Global Business Solutions at Tiktok / ByteDance where he was responsible for leading the Advertising and Sales Teams across all advertising revenue in North America and earlier there, he was leading the Asia Pacific region in a similar capacity. In a career spanning over 30 years, he has been at the forefront of digital and brand innovation in marketing and has led it from the perspective of Digital Platforms, Advertisers and Agencies. He spearheaded the media agency network GroupM as the Chief Executive Officer - India and South Asia, driving competitive advantage with digital leadership and content to clients. Prior to GroupM, he has worked at Google, GSK, Procter & Gamble and IPG. At Google he led Agency partnerships in India, and Client conversations in the value of digital and strategy for the Americas and for Global large Customers. At GSK and at P&G he has led the evolution of media spending, especially into the world of digital. He has lived and worked in cities including New York, New Delhi, Palo Alto, Boston, London, Dubai and Guangzhou.
Other Directorships - Digicontent Limited
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Sandeep Rao is the Group Chief Strategy Officer for HT Media (Holding Company). He works on all core strategic imperatives across business units, including new initiatives, strategic investments, alliances and new business incubation. Prior to joining HT Media, Sandeep was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company and worked with them across their Indian and US offices. He holds a Bachelors in Engineering from University of Adelaide, Australia and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Other Directorships - Next Radio Limited, HT Digital Streams Limited, Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited, Digicontent Limited
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Samudra Bhattacharya, after graduating from the Indian Institute of Management at Lucknow in 1995, has worked across several roles and geographical locations for the last 24 years. He started his career with P&G in India and after 4 years, joined Asian Paints in the Middle East where he served in Sales & Marketing as well as General Management roles for almost 7 years. He then joined PepsiCo India in 2006 and has worked across several assignments spanning, line Sales, Sales & Channel Strategy, Franchise Management and General Management. In his last assignment, Samudra was based at Manila, Philippines, with PepsiCo as the General Manager for the PepsiCo Joint Venture in that country. Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, a fellow subsidiary company.
Other Directorships - Next Radio Limited, Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited, The Indian Newspaper Society
Independent Director
Ms. Suchitra Rajendra has over 25 years of rich experience in HR domain in India, Asia Pac and Australia in a variety of sectors ranging from not for profit to consulting to FMCG. She has both line HR consulting and strategic HR experience.
Currently, she is the CEO and Founder of QED HR - a boutique HR consulting services provider, and an executive coach. She advises organisations across geographies on their HR strategy, leadership development and building an inclusive culture. Prior to this she was the Country Head India and VP Global HR COO for Colt Technologies Services. She was responsible for overall country management, defining the country agenda and enabling all functions to deliver the India organization strategy. She was also responsible for developing the talent strategy and enabling the right culture.
Prior to this, she was Vice President and CHRO for PepsiCo (India Region), responsible for talent strategy, organization design and building the right culture to drive sustainable business growth. She is recipient of multiple awards and recognized across the industry. She has a Post Graduate degree in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur. She is a speaker at various national and international forums.
Other Directorships - Digicontent Limited, Next Radio Limited, HT Digital Streams Limited, The Hi-Tech Gears Limited
Independent Director
Lloyd Mathias is an Angel Investor and Business Strategist. He is a Board Member and Advisor to companies in the technology and consumer space. He invests, advises and collaborates with founders of early stage companies in the areas of AI, EdTech, consumer internet, data analytics and digital technology.
Mathias has held senior leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies across India and APAC. He was the marketing head of HP Inc’s $12 Billion PC business for the APAC region based in Singapore till 2018. In previous corporate roles he was President & CMO of Tata Docomo, Country Sales Director for Motorola, Executive VP and Category Director for PepsiCo India and South Asia.
Mathias has been Chairman of MRUCI, publishers of the Indian Readership Survey IRS. He was also Chairman of Mobile Asia – Asia’s largest mobile phone expo and Co-Chairman of the Device Strategy Council of the Mobility Development Group, USA- a body of global CDMA Telecom operators.
He is a science graduate from Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College; has an MBA from Bombay University and did Senior Executive Program at the London Business School.
Other Directorships - Digicontent Limited,, Next Radio Limited, HT Digital Streams Limited, Quantum Asset Management Company Private Limited, Protean Egov Technologies Limited, YieldwiseX Technologies Private Limited, Auxano Business Ventures LLP, Auxano Deals LLP, Auxano Resources LLP