Long-time Turner/WarnerMedia distribution boss, Rohit Khetarpal, is exiting after 14 years, victim of the post-merger Warner Bros Discovery South Asia reorg announced out of Mumbai today.
Abhishek Dutta, who led the legacy WarnerMedia kids team, has also been axed as Warner Bros Discovery South Asia GM, Arjun Nohwar, sets up his leadership team for the region.
The new team's content heads are former Discovery Kids exec Uttam Pal Singh, who will head the kids cluster (Cartoon Network, Pogo and Discovery Kids), and Sai Abhishek, who takes charge of factual and lifestyle.
Nohwar also confirmed Discovery/Eurosport veteran Ruchir Jain as head of distribution in the region and Tanaz Mehta as head of ad sales. Jain will continue to head Eurosport channel.
Other lines of business, shared services and corporate functions that support the wider region will be announced at a later date.