ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. has appointed Amrit Thomas as Chief Data Officer, according to ETCIO report. He will report directly to Nitin Mittal, President – Technology & Data, ZEE, and will be stationed in Bengaluru at the Technology & Innovation Centre.
In his previous stint, Thomas was the CEO, Strategic Advisor, and Investor for a retail tech start-up. He was also associated with Diageo for 13 years, where he was responsible for the digital and marketing transformation of the organization.
Earlier, Thomas had a stint with Hindustan Unilever, where he led the western region personal product sales team and later, the beverages business of the company. He also spearheaded a direct-to-consumer start-up venture setting up and scaling phone-commerce home delivery service.
Thomas has a vast experience in driving transformation across categories like personal products, skin care, beverages and sports across emerging and developed markets.
Thomas holds a Post Graduate Certification in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Bath – UK, and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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