MUMBAI: Disney Star India head – Ad Sales Nitin Bawankule has reportedly resigned from the company after a two-and-a-half year stint.
Bawankule had joined Disney-owned network as head of ad sales in October 2019.
e4m broke the news of the development. As per the website, Bawankule will be joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) as director of Sales. He will reportedly take up the new role by April last week.
Bawankule was responsible for leading ad sales across both linear broadcast and OTT for the Disney Star network and Disney+ Hotstar respectively.
In this role, he led the ad revenue maximisation for TV channels across Sports, Movies, and Entertainment. Under him, Disney+ Hotstar witnessed exponential growth in ad revenues.
Bawankule has over two decades of experience in global sales, building large businesses and expanding into new markets. His expertise includes scaling sales organizations, establishing strategic partnerships and helping build long-lasting relationships with some of the biggest global internet and consumer brands.
Prior to joining Star, Bawankule worked with Google for over eight years. In his last role, as the Country director for Google Cloud India, he spearheaded the exponential growth of cloud adoption in the country. In addition, Bawankule has led the Google Ads business as Industry director. Prior to joining Google, Bawankule worked with Dell as a director, where he handled multiple sales and business roles.
Bawankule has also worked with Motorola, Whirlpool India, and Godrej GE Appliances.
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