MUMBAI: As part of his Zee 4.0 vision commitment, CEO Punit Goenka had vouched to strengthen the company’s board by inducting very well-qualified independent directors. Living up to that promise, the company has announced the appointment of angel investor Kae Capital MD Sasha Gulu Mirchandani (48), and former Price WaterhouseCoopers senior executive Vivek Mehra (65) – who is also actress Neena Gupta’s husband – on its board as independent directors.

Mirchandani has experience at the intersection of finance, technology and digital commerce in India, having seed/venture funded and mentored some of the largest unicorns in India. He has deep insights about how technology is shaping new business models and how companies can leverage emerging technologies to get competitive advantage in products and markets. He sits on the boards of Hathway Cable and Datacom, Nazara Technologies, Healthkart, Kae Capital Management Private Ltd, Algorhythm Tech Private Ltd, among others. Previously, he served on the boards of Myntra, 1Mg, and Ador Welding, to name a few.

Mehra, on the other hand, worked at PWC for almost two decades. During his tenure there, he founded and headed the regulatory and M&A tax practices and was elected to the governance oversight board of PWC for two terms. He sits on the boards of HT Media, Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals, Jubilant Life Sciences, Havells India, Digicontent, and DLF, among others.