Times Now ex-CFO Sundaram joins Republic

Times Now ex-CFO Sundaram joins Republic

MUMBAI: Former Times Now CFO S Sundaram has joined Republic, Arnab Goswami’s media entity, as the group CFO for the TV and digital venture.

Republic is India's first independent media venture managed by content professionals. As a media-tech company, Republic is India's first global media brand.

In a career spanning three decades, Sundaram has served as the CFO for 15 years in different organisations – his footprint running across Finance, Legal Compliance & Business Development functions. He was CFO for the Times Network between 2005 and 2012. Sundaram now takes charge of the financial leadership at Republic.

Commenting on S Sundaram joining his team, Republic founder Arnab Goswami said “He’s easily one of the best CFOs in the business today." Republic CEO Vikas Khanchandani added. “Sundaram’s range of experience in financial leadership is unparalleled in the broadcast business. His successful stint in the broadcast industry will help Republic scale new financial benchmarks.”

Sundaram said, “Seeing Arnab rewrite the rules of television, I am excited to be with him at Republic and see him become India’s voice for the world.”

Sundaram has been a part of a large bouquet of businesses: Consultancy (A.F.Ferguson & Co), FMCG (PepsiCo India), Luxury Consumer Products & Services (Bausch & Lomb India & INOX Leisure), Internet (india.com),Television News Media (Times Global Broadcasting). His last stint was with the Edutainment Theme Park - KidZania India. Apart from being hands-on with Financial & compliance management, the depth of his start-up exposure has equipped Sundaram to be an active business participant -essential to build a robust business process within an efficient value chain from scratch.

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