Suchitra Rajendra

Independent Director

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 Country Head India and VP Global HR COO for Colt Technologies Services. She is responsible for overall country management, defining the country agenda and enabling all functions to deliver the India organization strategy. She is also responsible for developing the talent strategy and enabling the right culture to ensure Colt operations delivers on its vision, purpose and strategy. 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.

Ms. Suchitra Rajendra 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.

• The Hi-Tech Gears Limited
• Next Radio Limited
• Next Mediaworks Limited
• HT Digital Streams Limited

Mr. Mannu Bhatia

Independent Director

Mannu Bhatia has had a career spanning 35 years across two corporations: ICI (1987-1998) and PepsiCo (1998-2022). He retired from PepsiCo as senior vice president of Finance & Transformation for the Asia-Middle East Sector, based out of Dubai. Prior to that, he served as CFO for the Middle East & North Africa and CFO for Asia-Pacific (based out of Hong Kong). He also spent four years in New York working in corporate planning and global R&D functions. He joined PepsiCo in India as the CFO for the Frito-Lay business. His first 10 years post-qualification as a CA were with ICI India, where he honed his skills as a finance professional in various roles across businesses like agrochem, pharma and rubber chemicals. He was also a director on a number of joint venture companies that PepsiCo had e.g. PCPPI, Philippines, Suntory PepsiCo Bottling Company, Vietnam and the Pepsi JVs in Jordan and Lebanon. He is currently on the Advisory Board of Foster & Forge (NGO).He is a B.Com from St Xaviers, Kolkata and a Chartered Accountant.

• Manjushree Technopack Limited
• Generationwe Private Limited
• Spacetime Management Private Limited

Lloyd Mathias

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.

• Yieldwisex Technologies Private Limited
• Quantum Asset Management Company Private Limited
• Next Mediaworks Limited
• Next Radio Limited
• Protean Egov Technologies Limited
• HT Digital Streams Limited
• Auxano Deals LLP
• Auxano Resources LLP
• Auxano Business Ventures LLP

Mr. Sameer Singh

Group CEO

Mr. Sameer Singh, an alumnus of IIM Calcutta. He is presently working as a Group CEO of HT Media Limited and CEO of Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (Fellow Subsidiary Companies).

Prior to this, 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.

• Next Mediaworks Limited
• HT Digital Streams Limited

Sandeep Rao

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Mr. Sandeep Rao is the Group Chief Strategy Officer for HT Media Limited (fellow subsidiary 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.

• Next Radio Limited
• HT Digital Streams Limited
• Next Mediaworks Limited
• Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited