Mukesh Ambani has resigned as director of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, the digital arm of giant Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries.
His son Akash Ambani, formerly a non-executive director, has been appointed as the chair of the Reliance Jio Infocomm board of directors.Pankaj Mohan Pawar has been appointed managing director of the company and Raminder Singh Gujral and K.V.
Chowdary, as additional directors, for five years, subject to shareholder approval.Reliance Jio is the market leader in India’s telecoms space and the company’s Jio Platforms, where Facebook, Google, Silver Lake, Vista Equity Partners are investors, operates streaming services JioTV and JioCinema.
Mukesh Ambani remains as chair of Jio Platforms. The mobile and streaming platforms are critical, given recent seismic developments in the Indian media landscape.
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