Mumbai: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has appointed Gaurav Kanwal as chief revenue officer, digital and small and medium businesses (SMB), South Asia.

Kanwal was last associated with Disney+ Hotstar as executive vice president, ad sales for two and a half years. He was at the helm of identifying new avenues to drive revenue in a profit and loss management capacity for the company.

Kanwar commands over 17 years of multi-industry and multi-channel experience in sales, marketing, online business as a strategist and manager. He specialises in distribution channels, marketing strategy, sales processes, SMB & mid-market, GTM plan, management, emerging markets, P&L ownership, people management.

Prior to Disney+ Hotstar, Kanwal has had stints with Adobe as head of SMB and channel sales (South Asia), Symantec Corporation as country sales manager for India and SAARC, International SOS Services as marketing and communications manager for India, Corning International, and Feedback Ventures.