President - IBDF
Country Manager & President, The Walt Disney Company India & Star India
As Country Manager & President of The Walt Disney Company India and Star India, K Madhavan drives the strategy and growth of the Company, responsible for the vast Disney, Star, and Disney+ Hotstar businesses and operations across General Entertainment, Sports, Direct-to-consumer and the Studios business. This includes overseeing channel distribution and advertising sales, as well as a thriving local content production business with over 18,000 hours of original content every year across 70+ TV channels in 8 languages reaching around 700 million viewers a month.
Mr. Madhavan joined Star India in 2009 as its South Head. Under his leadership, the company built a thriving regional entertainment portfolio. Previously, he was the driving force behind Asianet’s growth as the undisputed leader in Malayalam with more than 50% of market share, serving as MD and CEO from 2000-2008. His vision for the regional language network led the company to set benchmarks in quality programming in South India.
He currently serves as President of the Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation (IBDF) and Chairman of the CII National Committee of Media & Entertainment.
