MUMBAI: The Broadcast Audience Research Council India has appointed Bavan Matthews as head of People Operations and Ashish Gupta as BARC’s chief financial officer.
Matthews joined the audience measurement body in March, e4m reports. Prior to BARC, he was with Kantar South Asia as a human resource business partner.
Gupta joined BARC India in April from International SOS where he was CFO for India & Regional Projects.
Meanwhile, Disney Star head – Content, Disney+ Hotstar & HSM Entertainment Network Gaurav Banerjee has been inducted onto the organisation’s three-member Technical Committee, e4m further reports.
Banerjee replaces Rohit Gupta, fromer chief revenue officer – Ad Sales and International Business, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), who is presently an advisor to the management and board of SPN.
For the record, Madison Media & OOH Group CEO Vikram Sakhuja heads the BARC Technical Committee, which also includes Tejas Apte, general manager – Media, South Asia for Hindustan Unilever.



