Star picks Venke Sharma to lead Network Digital Marketing

CVS ‘Venke’ Sharma who earlier this month had put down his papers at Leo Burnett Network in Jakarta, Indonesia, has joined the Star TV Network as Vice President - Network Digital Marketing. Based in Mumbai, he will now be responsible for digital marketing initiatives of all the channels and digital properties of the Star TV Network in India.

Sources close to the development have confirmed this latest news to Adgully.

With this move Sharma now replaces Lalit Bhagia who had recently resigned from his post as Vice President and Head, Network Digital Marketing of Star TV network.

Sharma was earlier stationed at Jakarta where he had a stint of six years with the Leo Burnett Network as Executive Director and Head of Digital for Leo Burnett Indonesia . Prior to that, he was Senior VP & Director, at Arc Worldwide, the digital arm of Leo Burnett India.

He brings with him more than 16 years of experience in the digital media space and has also been associated with agencies of repute such as Arc Worldwide and Tribal DDB.