Siddharth Mantri joins Disney streaming as Head of Product for developing markets

The Walt Disney Company recently named Siddharth Mantri as Head of Product for Disney's streaming business in developing markets. He is responsible for running product management, design, analytics/data science, support for the streaming platform across India, Israel, Africa, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia. He joined The Walt Disney Company in March 2022 as chief product officer from MX Player, where he was working as chief product & growth officer.

An engineering graduate, Mantri started his career as a software engineer with L&T Infotech, after which he moved on to join Microsoft Product Manager and worked with the tech giant for more than 12 years. After working with Microsoft, Mantri joined Grab as head of product.

This report earlier stated that Mantri was appointed CSO, Disney+, developing markets based on information provided on his LinkedIn profile. The report has been altered to reflect the change in designation as per his updated LinkedIn profile and with confirmation from Disney Star.