MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zeel) has brought back Sulekha Sharma as deputy vice president and national head, ad sales.

Sharma will report to Zeel ad sales EVP Ashish Sehgal.

It is a home coming for Sharma after a gap of two years. She was with UTV World Movies since February 2010 as associate VP and national head, ad sales.

Prior to that, Sharma was zonal head, north and east, Zee Cafe and Zee Studio.

Zeel executive director - revenue and niche channels Joy Chakraborthy said, "Zee fosters a culture of welcoming former employees with good track records and who want to re-join the organisation.We are glad to have Sulekha back with us.

" Sharma began her career in the editorial department with Strategic Newspaper.com in 1999 and spent two and a half years there. Her stint with ad sales started when she moved to The Times of India, where she was head of sub office, Visakhapatnam.

After spending five and a half years there, she moved to Zee, where she spent two years and four months, before moving to UTV World Movies.