Times Internet hires Rishi Khiani as CEO

Times Internet has appointed Rishi Khiani (pictured) as its chief executive officer. In his new role, he will report to chairman and managing director of BCCL, Vineet Jain and will be based out of Gurgaon.

Khiani was previously chief operating officer at Web18, Network18's Internet arm. He began his career as an entrepreneur and launched UrbanEye Media in 1998. UrbanEye Media was acquired by the Network18 group in 2006. Post acquisition, Khiani joined Web18 and was its COO. He has worked across brands such as US Army, Nike, FIFA 2006, Universal Music, Samsung and CNBC-TV18.