Abhay Ojha, who was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zee Media Corporation (ZMCL), has exited the company with immediate effect.
Sources confirmed with Marketing Mind that Ojha resigned on May 4 and was relieved of his duties on the same day.
As per reports, the company officially communicated Ojha’s departure to its leadership team via email on Saturday afternoon. The email sent to employees also notified Dr. Idris Loya taking over from Ojha.
Ojha joined ZMCL in February 2023 as Chief Business Officer and P&L Head for Cluster 3. Later, in November 2022 he was elevated to Chief Business Officer (CBO) – Head of P&L for Zee Media. In May 2023, he became the CEO of ZMCL.
Before joining ZMCL, he was serving as CEO of Changa from June 2021 to November 2021. He was also associated with Fearless Media as Co-founder and CBO from June 2015 to October 2017.
Between July 2010 to July 2015, he was serving as Head, News Business Initiatives & Special Projects at Shop CJ India.
In the past, he was also associated with Star TV Network as their VP – Business Development from July 2009 to July 2015. Between 2003 and July 2009, Ojha worked with Zee Entertainment Enterprise (ZEEL) as Head of Department. He was also associated with Turner and Hindustan Unilever (HUL), in the past.
Dr. Loya, who will be assuming the role of Interim CEO at ZMCL, has been serving the company as Chief Technology Officer since April 2023.
Before this, he was working as GM – Telecommunications and Emerging Technologies as Navtech Pte from September 2018 to April 2023.
He was also associated with Comimp Business Consulting as Business Consultant, Researcher and Visiting Faculty from October 2015 to September 2018. In the past, he has worked with various other companies including Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Samtek Semicon Devices and Axlon System.
