Mumbai : Parry Ravindranathan, the head of Bloomberg Media Asia Pacific, has been given a global position as director of international.
He will continue to be based at Bloomberg’s regional HQ in Hong Kong, and will have responsibility for EMEA as well as APAC. His promotion comes after head of Bloomberg EMEA Adam Freeman left the company.
Ravindranathan joined the company from Al Jazeera in Qatar, where he was assistant programme editor, six years ago. Prior to that he was associated with CNBC-TV18 in India. He moves into his new International role at the start of the new year.
Over the last Five years, Ravindranathan has led Bloomberg TV in Asia Pacific, expanding its commercial partnerships and delivering a strong, award-winning product.
Earlier, Bloomberg Media Group has appointed Parry Ravindranathan as the first managing director of Bloomberg Media for Asia-Pacific during May 2014 with the responsibility to lead Bloomberg’s entire multi-platform media operation including web, mobile, television, digital video, print magazines and live events across the region, which was part of its new leadership structure reflecting Bloomberg Media’s new strategy to expand its global media footprint beyond television to multiple media platforms.
