MUMBAI: Former head of the Mumbai edition of the Hindustan Times Gurmeet Singh has joined Network18 Group as CEO - Forbes India, with immediate effect.

Prior to heading the Mumbai edition of Hindustan Times, he was handling ad sales for Hindustan Times and Mint in the West Zone.

Singh started his professional career with FMCG major Marico Industries Limited. After over five years of FMCG sales and brand management experience at Marico which included successful alliances with Pepsi and Camlin, he moved to Sony Music to handle sales and marketing for North Zone.

He has also worked at the India Today Group, where he was the business director of Music Today.

Network18 Group COO B.Sai Kumar said, "After the tremendous success of ?Forbes India? and the strong debut of ?Forbes Life India? recently, we believe that the Forbes India stable in India is poised for its next phase of growth and profitability and are delighted to have Gurmeet on board to drive that. His diverse experience & strong understanding of media brands, position him well to lead Forbes India forward."

TV18 Business Media president and editorial director Senthil Chengalvarayan added, "Forbes India?s growth has been built on challenging conventions and delivering a premier editorial product and we believe Gurmeet will be instrumental in pushing that agenda further."