Spokesperson

Arun spearheads Vuclip’s forward-thinking strategy development, keeping the company on the leading edge. He manages all aspects of Vuclip’s consumer interactions, and has a wealth of technology and marketing expertise under his belt. Arun is known for his work at You Send It, the leading online file-sharing service where he pioneered a freemium business model that delivered outstanding financial success and user growth. He has also held leadership positions at Ketera Technologies and Aspect Development, Inc., and is the founder and CEO of Spozzle, an online community for U.S. high school sports. Arun holds both a Masters in Computer Applications and Bachelors in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University.

Salman heads up Vuclip’s business strategies for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions, continuing the company’s international growth and expansion in emerging markets. He holds a B.S. from Aligarh Muslim University, and brings over ten years of experience in the mobile media space to Vuclip. He has previously worked for Verisign, Al Ebda IT, and Electronics for Imaging.

Satheesh manages all aspects of product strategy, direction and engineering at Vuclip, a PCCW Media Company. He believes in the transformational role of technology in everyday life and guides all aspects of technology adoption within Vuclip measured on the enrichment of consumer experiences.Prior to joining Vuclip, he was the General Manager of Analytics Division at Harman International. In his career spanning over 25 years, he held technology and product leadership positions at many successful startup companies in Silicon Valley including the founder and CTO of Accordia, Inc. Currently he lives in Singapore with his family.

As Chief of Staff, Vinayak takes care of projects of strategic importance to Vuclip and works in close partnership with the President’s office and the Country Heads to achieve key business objectives. Vinayak has during his tenure with Vuclip led multiple teams including Finance, Human Resources and Legal as well as contributed to building strong teams and processes. A Chartered Accountant by profession Vinayak has held senior positions with large organisations like Maersk Line, Reliance Entertainment and Yahoo

Lavina Tauro is the Head of Corporate Marketing at Vuclip and also Country Manager for Viu Myanmar. She is a dedicated business professional with 18 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry. Her experience ranges in roles across content, creative, programming, product syndication, marketing and business management. She is a core member in leading, building and setting up an OTT business from scratch in Myanmar for Viu which is a part of the Hong Kong based PCCW Media Group and Vuclip.

Lavina is an MBA graduate in Marketing and has previously worked at The Walt Disney Company. She has proven to have a result-oriented approach towards business needs with an ability to balance expectations in managing any business. She is both, a leader and a team player.

Naga, who comes with over 17 years of experience in broadcasting, as well as digital and online content, is responsible for the growth strategy of Viu, the leading OTT service by Vuclip and PCCW Media, in the Middle East. In his role, Abe will oversee Viu’s operations as well as implement expansion plans across the region.

Before joining Viu, Abe was the Director of Digital at MBC group, the leading free-to-air broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa. During his 10 year at MBC he was responsible for driving the groups digital content & business strategy resulting in numerous product roll outs, most notably SHAHID the first over the top premium VoD service in the MENA region and more recently GOBOZ the first kids-only VoD service. He started his career in the Egyptian digital media & advertising space at Connect-Ads and later moved to its parent company LINKdotNET holdings. Abe holds a MSc. in Information Technology focused on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from the University of Nottingham.

His role is to oversee the overall operations and strategic direction of Viu brand, driving consumer adoption, engagement and commercialisation through various strategic partnership, marketing channels and advertisers. Prior to joining Viu, he previously worked under Fox Sports as a Commercial Head Digital and other senior Newscorp roles at News Digital Media and Foxtel in Sydney, Australia before moving onto working in Malaysia as a media executive with the Astro Malaysia Group.

Varun is the Country Head for Viu in Indonesia. Viu has firmly entrenched itself as the dominant OTT platform for Asian entertainment and Varun leads Indonesia with a vision of making Viu the home for high quality content creators and high quality content consumers. He is passionately involved in the creation of the best Indonesian series and movies collaborating with the top directors and production houses in Indonesia. Over the last 18 years, he has successfully set up consumer businesses in APAC and SAARC markets for video products and services, and has been a speaker & panelist at various D2C conferences across Asia.