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Campaign India Team
Jul 20, 2021

Disney+ Hotstar’s EVP – ad sales Gaurav Kanwal quits

Next move unknown

Gaurav Kanwal (picture couresy: LinkedIn)
Gaurav Kanwal (picture couresy: LinkedIn)
Gaurav Kanwal, Disney+ Hotstar’s EVP – ad sales, has quit the company. His next move is as yet unknown.
 
Kanwal joined the OTT streaming platform in 2019 from Adobe. His last date at the organisation is 31 July. Kanwal confirmed the news to Campaign India.
 
The news of Kanwal’s quitting follows two other senior level executives quitting Star India this week ­–­ Gulshan Verma, senior vice president and head, advertising, Disney+ Hotstar, and Anil Jayaraj, executive vice president, Star India.
 
 
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