
Atul Pande
CEO
Atul Pande is CEO of Sports Business supervising, Ten Sports, Mumbai Football Club and All Sports Magazine. He brings with him 20 years of experience in FMCG, BPO and Financial Service industries. His key assignments have been in companies like Procter & Gamble - Godrej, GE Capital and Citicorp Maruti. In his last assignment, he was the Managing Director of Cholamandalam DBS, a financial services company, based out of Chennai. Atul is an Engineering graduate and has a Management Diploma from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Sanjay Raina
COO
Sanjay brings with him an experience of over 18 years in Consumer durables, Entertainment, Direct to Home (DTH), Television & Media industry. An Electronics Engineering Graduate and MBA from Pune University, Sanjay has worked with leading companies like Philips India Limited, Columbia Tristar Films, Discovery Communications, Hindustan Times Limited and Times Now.
Prior to joining Ten, he was Sr. Vice President - Marketing with Astro Television at Malaysia responsible for new channel rollouts in Indonesia and Malaysia, profit center, programming, innovation, interactivity and on air promotions.
Sanjay has keen interests in Photography, Trekking, Swimming and Mountaineering. He is also a keen golfer and tennis aficionado. Sanajy is married to Neena and they have two boys, Varun & Saransh.
Zahid Noorani
Member - Board of Directors
In addition to the directorship of the Company and other Bukhatir Investment Limited owned concerns, Zahid Noorani, is also the CEO of Cricketer's Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) and has played a key role in developing international cricket in the Middle East. Zahid Noorani is also CEO of Lahore Sports City which is US$ 4.0 billion dollar sports and real estate development project. Prior to joining CBFS, he was the Executive Director and Head of Corporate Finance & Capital Markets at KASB & Co. Ltd., in Pakistan. He has extensive experience in International trade and Finance having worked New York, Japan and Hong Kong. An MBA from San Diego State University, Mr. Noorani has significant experience in the areas of finance, Investment banking and deal structuring.
Simon Pullinger
Vice President - Creative Services
Simon moved from London to join Ten Sports, heading up the Promotions and Design teams and overseeing all creative on-air presentation. He has over 15 years experience working in broadcast design, branding and promotions, including three years in charge of On-Air Promotions at British Eurosport, and leading creative teams at other sports broadcasters such as Attheraces and ESPN Classic. As Creative Director of ITV Digital, he launched various digital channels on the platform including the ITV Sport Channel. He is a History graduate from London University, a long standing fan of Chelsea football club, and is married to Kate and has a son, Lucas.
Jason Offord
Vice President - Production
Jason oversees the creative development and live production of the football channels and associated content. This involves developing content for the Ten Sports, Ten Action and client channels. He is also the creator and Executive Producer of various live studio programs and represents the Network in international content and rights negotiations. He has more than 15-years broadcasting experience, producing and reporting major events like the Olympic Games. He moved from London to Dubai in 2005 with his publishing executive wife Gina Johnson and their two sons, Jude and Noah. Before this, he was a senior producer, reporter and presenter at TWI-IMG in London, Channel Ten in Sydney and MediaCorp in Singapore. In his 20-year media career, he has also been a national newspaper journalist for News Corporation, and is a bestselling author. A life-long surfer, he graduated from Newington College in Sydney, where he was Captain of Swimming, before completing a Journalism Cadetship at News Limited.
Deepender Sehajpal
Vice President - Marketing
Having a wealth of experience over the last 14 years in the Industry, Deepender Sehajpal has been with the Zee group for the last 13 years handling varied assignments under Zee News, Zee Network. He heads the Marketing function for sports channels of Zee. He is responsible to ensure the Brand is well positioned in order to achieve optimum brand recall and visibility. Over the years, he has become one of the pioneers of Sports business in the group. Deepender is a science graduate and a post-graduate in management from Aligarh Muslim University.
Subhadip Bhattacharyya
Executive Vice President - Distribution
Subhadip heads the overall Distribution vertical of Ten sports. He comes in with around 17 years of experience in the Industry. Prior to joining Ten Sports, Subhadip has worked with ESPN for around 13 years. In his last assignment with ESPN he was working as Senior Director based at Gurgaon and was responsible for their all India Digital and DTH Sales along with Hotels and Commercial Establishments as well as the Trade Marketing Department. He brings with him a vast experience of sales in the cable, entertainment and FMCG industry. He is an MBA graduate in Sales & Marketing and has previously worked with leading companies like BAYER and NESTLE.

