Mr. Vynsley FernandesManaging Director & Chief Executive Officer, NXTDIGITAL Limited

Vynsley Fernandes is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NXTDIGITAL Limited with oversight of all the media businesses of the Hinduja Group, comprising digital cable TV, HITS, broadband and content syndication. He is responsible for driving the business vision of the Hinduja Group in the media & entertainment sector, as it continues to expand across the media spectrum on the back of emerging digital technologies.

NXTDIGITAL is the flagship media & entertainment vertical; comprising digital content distribution platforms via digital cable and satellite; a broadband services provider (OneOTT iNTERTAINMENT Ltd.), a technology services arm (IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd.) and a content production and distribution arm (IN Entertainment Ltd.). Vynsley serves on the Boards of these subsidiary companies in line with his role of overseeing the media businesses of the group.

Vynsley is a veteran media executive and one of India’s foremost technocrats – with three decades of experience in delivering and managing assignments globally - including DTH (Direct-to-Home) & HITS (Headend-In-The-Sky) platforms; digital cable networks; and news & entertainment channels. He joined the media business of the Hinduja Group on August 1st, 2018. Since then, he has been instrumental in driving a new vision for the organisation and turning it around into a profitable and sustainable business. Vynsley has been associated with the Group since 2013, first providing consulting services for the launch of the Hinduja’s HITS business in India and then continuing to work with the cable and HITS platforms across multiple technology and operational functions. He has spearheaded several key projects at the media group companies – that have resulted in NXTDIGITAL being considered as a leading technology and innovations based platform across the Asia-Pacific region.

Prior to joining the media vertical of the Hinduja Group in August 2018, Vynsley was the Executive Director at CastleMedia; a leading technology, media & entertainment consulting-to-delivery firm which he co-founded in 2010. Prior to that, Vynsley had managed high profile assignments for leading blue-chip media organisations including 21st Century Fox (then News Corporation), TATA SKY, ABP News and the 9X Network. He was the Principal Consultant at TATA Sky and part of the core team responsible for rolling out India’s leading DTH platform, prior to joining the 9X Network with responsibility for setting up the technology and operations of India’s first HD News channel. He also served as Operations Director – responsible for launching a 3-channel news network for STAR (now ABP News). He also spent a decade at STAR India managing key technology and operations portfolios.

With an academic background in Mass Communications and Media, Vynsley is considered a thought leader in the media & entertainment space. He continues to represent the industry at various international and national forums and has been appointed the Honorary Chairman of The Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers (SCTE), India for the term 2021 to 2024. He has won several accolades to his credit including being recognized with the prestigious “CEO of the Year” award by World Leadership Congress in February 2021.

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