Vishal Bhatnagar

Sales Director - South Asia, BBC Global News India Private Limited

As Sales Director-South Asia at BBC Global News Limited, Vishal leads the branded content and advertising business for BBC GNL’s digital and broadcasts assets in South Asia. These include the multi-screen product offerings around BBC.com and the global TV channel BBC World News. Besides helping emerging as well as established South Asian brands understand and navigate international media landscape and consumers, his in-market experience has been invaluable to international brands accessing the India market. 

In a career spanning over two decades, Vishal Bhatnagar has held senior  roles at leading Indian and international media companies working on brands like The Times of India, Economic Times, CNBC TV18, Forbes, CNN-IBN, and BBC Global News Limited

Vishal specializes in branded content and media monetizing strategy & processes, spanning traditional as well as new media. Most recently Vishal has been leading the charge on introducing BBC GNL’s content and programmatic practices in South Asia. In the past he has been instrumental in the launch of media brands like Delhi Times, Zoom, CNBC Focus, Forbes India and IBN Focus where he conceptualized and executed path breaking initiatives like IBN18-Microsoft Election Analytics Centre, Etc.

Vishal is an alumnus of International Management Institute, Delhi University and The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi.