Treasurer - IBDF
President - Content and International Business, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
Punit Misra is the President - Content and International Markets at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). As the President, Punit oversees content for both the TV network of Zee as well as its digital offering Zee5, both domestically and globally. He also manages ZEEL’s international business spanning 190 countries.
Punit joined ZEEL 4.5 years ago as the CEO of its domestic broadcast business. Under his leadership, ZEEL became India’s fastest growing entertainment broadcast network in terms of viewership as well as revenue.
Prior to joining ZEEL, Punit spent 20 years at Hindustan Unilever Limited, where in his last role he was part of the Management Committee of HUL, as the Executive Director incharge of Sales and Customer Development for the company, and a member of the global Sales Leadership team of Unilever. As Punit often remarks - his journey has taken him from selling one kind of soap to another!
Punit also serves as the Chair of FICCI Broadcast Forum and Co-Chair of the CII Broadcast Committee. He is also on the Board of the Indian Broadcasting & Digital Foundation (IBDF), the industry body for broadcasters.
