Viacom18 appoints Kunal Gaur as chief commercial officer

Viacom18 has appointed Kunal Gaur as chief commercial officer. He will be taking over from Utpal Das who has been at Viacom18 for over seven years. Das’s resignation will come into effect on March 31, 2021.

Qualified as a chartered accountant, Gaur has over 19 years of experience across organisations like Star India, Netflix and PWC. Prior to joining Viacom18, Gaur was a part of the Netflix India’s leadership team in the capacity of a director, production finance where he was instrumental in crafting budgeting strategies and leading production finance for all original series, film, non-fiction and documentaries.

Before Netflix, Gaur worked for over eight years with Star Network heading the Commercial/ SCM functions of Hotstar in 2015 for three years. He is skilled in production finance, optimising spends, deal structuring, budget planning, streamlining business processes and agreement closures for Content acquisition, Commissioning original content, Talent management, Capex buying and IPR management, among others. In his new role, Kunal Gaur will be reporting into Rahul Joshi, MD, Network18.