Dinesh Jain is CEO of Zee Turner

Jain was national sales head prior to this

Zee Turner has promoted Dinesh Jain, national sales head, to the position of chief executive officer. He will be instrumental in giving a strategic direction to the business and will lead the team in realising the overall vision of the group.

Pradeep Guha, chairman, Zee Turner, says, "Jain is an outstanding leader who comes with a combination of deep strategic sense and commitment to his people. We welcome him aboard to take up the new position in the company."

Dinesh Jain

Jain had joined Zee Turner as head of national sales in July 2007. Earlier, he worked with ABP. With experience of 21 years, he has served in various sales and marketing functions at a range of companies in the media, FMCG and lifestyle sectors. He has also worked with Unilever and Remy Cointreau.

Jain holds a postgraduate degree in international business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and has done a global advanced management programme from the Indian School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management. He is an avid reader of non-fiction and loves to travel and explore the mysteries of different cultures.

Himmat Sandhu takes over from Jain as national sales head. Sandhu has been with the Zee Group for eight years and was earlier in charge of the North zone.

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