HT Media promotes Ashu Phakey as COO – HT English

Ashu Phakey has been elevated to the position of COO of HT English. The formal announcement has been made by Rajeev Beotra, CEO, HT English, today (July 27, 2017). The announcement comes close on the heels of Sarabjit Singh Khurana’s appointment as Chief Revenue Officer of HT English. Khurana, who leads the English Revenue function, handling all the print assets of HT and Mint, is based in Mumbai. 

Prior to this promotion, Phakey has been Business Head, HT Delhi. He had joined the media organisation as Head of Circulation for HT and Mint in May 2013. Before that, he was with Dainik Bhaskar, where he was COO for Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana. 

In this new role, Phakey will work closely with the editorial, media, marketing and supply chain teams at HT Media. Jyotin Verma, Business Head, HT Punjab; Vandana Krishna, Marketing Head, Delhi; and Rajat Kumar, Business Head, Pune, will report to Phakey. Ravi Kalra and Lila Salian will also report to Phakey.