MUMBAI: At a time when Netflix is scaling up its Indian operation, Indiantelevision.com has learnt that one of the top executives Simran Sethi has stepped down from her current position. Sethi, the Los Angeles-based executive joined the leading over-the-top platform back in August 2017.

The experienced media professional drove a lot of impact in her role. She oversaw the rollout and development of Ghoul, Selection Day, Delhi Crime, Sacred Games, Little things and others.  However, she will help with the transition over the immediate future. In Netflix, Sethi served as Director, Creative, International Originals, Netflix India.

Over the time, Indian market has emerged as very important for Netflix. While in total they have announced 11 series and 22 films, the company wants teams and leaders to be based in India. According to sources close to the development, having a growing content team in India, the company wants the series head to be based here.

The source also added that Sethi didn’t want to move to India for personal reasons. Last year, another top executive Swati Shetty also left the organization for the same reason.