MUMBAI: Eros International Plc UK has announced the appointment of A P Parigi as the Group Chief Executive Officer for its India operations.

Parigi recently stepped down as ENIL's (Radio Mirchi) Managing Director and is scheduled to complete his tenure by 30 September. Parigi joined the Times of India Group in 2000 and lead managed the Times Group foray into Radio, OOH media and event management.

Welcoming Parigi to Eros, Eros chairman and CEO Kishore Lulla said, I am delighted to welcome Mr Parigi to the leadership team at Eros. We at the Eros Group are keen to further strengthen our leadership. The entertainment industry in India is in the middle of radical changes. To compete successfully in the future; Eros wishes to draw upon Mr. Parigi's managerial expertise to meet the challenges of ever changing audience needs and new technologies. I believe that a balance of these two factors will facilitate intensive engagement of the Eros brand with audiences....

Speaking about his decision, Parigi said India is an entertainment starved economy. Having spent several years in the telecommunication and media domain, I'm keen to explore the challenges of developing global delivery platforms that meet the ever changing needs of the audiences....

Parigi has held a number of key positions including that of the CEO of BPL Mobile Communications (a joint venture with France Telecom) Mumbai. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Bennett Coleman and Company Limited and the Times of India Group, owners of the World's largest English Broadsheet Daily and publishers of the Economic Times. He is credited for having lead managed the acquisition of the UK Radio Business – the first overseas acquisition by any Indian Media group. More recently he was awarded the 2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Severino Centre of the Lally School of Management, New York.

MUMBAI: Eros International Plc UK has announced the appointment of A P Parigi as the Group Chief Executive Officer for its India operations.

Parigi recently stepped down as ENIL's (Radio Mirchi) Managing Director and is scheduled to complete his tenure by 30 September. Parigi joined the Times of India Group in 2000 and lead managed the Times Group foray into Radio, OOH media and event management.

Welcoming Parigi to Eros, Eros chairman and CEO Kishore Lulla said, I am delighted to welcome Mr Parigi to the leadership team at Eros. We at the Eros Group are keen to further strengthen our leadership. The entertainment industry in India is in the middle of radical changes. To compete successfully in the future; Eros wishes to draw upon Mr. Parigi's managerial expertise to meet the challenges of ever changing audience needs and new technologies. I believe that a balance of these two factors will facilitate intensive engagement of the Eros brand with audiences....

Speaking about his decision, Parigi said India is an entertainment starved economy. Having spent several years in the telecommunication and media domain, I'm keen to explore the challenges of developing global delivery platforms that meet the ever changing needs of the audiences....

Parigi has held a number of key positions including that of the CEO of BPL Mobile Communications (a joint venture with France Telecom) Mumbai. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Bennett Coleman and Company Limited and the Times of India Group, owners of the World's largest English Broadsheet Daily and publishers of the Economic Times. He is credited for having lead managed the acquisition of the UK Radio Business – the first overseas acquisition by any Indian Media group. More recently he was awarded the 2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Severino Centre of the Lally School of Management, New York.