As Group CEO, Puneet is responsible for all businesses of Balaji including Television, Motion Pictures and New Media. Having hired Puneet from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 2008 to define & execute the growth strategy of the Group, Balaji has since hired reputed professionals, restructured existing businesses and entered new businesses in the Media and Entertainment vertical.

In addition, 'Alt Entertainment' and 'Hoonur' are two more initiatives of the Company that Puneet has spearheaded in the last 2 years.

At PwC, Puneet was responsible for setting up the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking practice in South India. With over 15 years of experience in finance, deal advisory, target search/evaluation, structuring and cross border transactions, Puneet has advised many corporate and private equity players on transactions in Media, Telecom, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Energy, Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, Pharma, Communications, Technology, FMCG and Manufacturing sectors.

Puneet holds an MBA from The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), University of New South Wales.

Over the past year, Srinivasa has substantially overhauled financial controls, MIS processes, audit systems, computerisation and risk management templates in the firm to a standard comparable to global companies. He has also substantially beefed compliance processes at all levels.

Before Balaji, he was Business Head at Radio Mirchi (India's largest radio station company), heading the Delhi office. He also has extensive work experience at McDonald's and PwC. He holds a MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and is a rank holding Chartered Accountant.

Abhijit is responsible for identifying and implementing risk mitigating strategies for all material transactions of the Group. He is deeply involved in new strategic initiatives, especially in the motion picture business wherein every film transaction is analyzed and approved by him.

Abhijit also works with the Group CEO on partnerships, leveraging his past experience of the private equity and strategic finance worlds.

Prior to joining Balaji, Abhijit worked for RREEF, the private equity arm of Deutsche Bank, and ICICI Venture, the largest private equity firm in India, working on investments totalling over $ 300 million. He has also worked in Deutsche Bank in investment banking and global markets.

Abhijit holds a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has an undergraduate degree in economics from Delhi University.