MUMBAI: ZenithOptimedia Group has appointed Saswati Sinha as head of talent and human resources, India. Based out of Gurgaon, she will be taking charge of ZenithOptimedia Group’s pan India operations including ZenithOptimedia, Performics, Resultirx, Newcast and Ninah.

ZenithOptimedia India group CEO Anupriya Acharya said “Given our growth journey, diverse offerings that need both specialists and integrators and the fast evolving media market with shortage of skilled talent, we needed to accelerate our talent and training agenda. Saswati’s experience in different industries and geographies spanning Media, Advertising and ITeS and a strong understanding of managing growth and training requirements in the new world made her the perfect choice for this role. Am glad she has chosen to join us.”

Sinha on her appointment commented, “I am very excited to join ZenithOptimedia as I believe talent intensive industries are places where Human Resource function has a critical role to play. ZenithOptimedia believes in people and building a strong culture of values, performance and realize the importance of nurturing talent. I am looking forward to a positive journey.”

Sinha joins ZenithOptimedia Group with more than 16 years of experience in the field of human resource development and has worked with companies like JWT, Evalueserve and Cyber Media. Her last assignment was at Cheil Worldwide SW Asia where she was the HR head for the region and as part of the major growth journey she on-boarded teams of diverse skills spanning from retail, digital, media, activation, mainline and developed talent programs across the region.