MUMBAI: Studio18, the film production and distribution arm of Viacom18, has appointed Vikram Malhotra as chief operating officer.

In his new capacity, Malhotra will be responsible for driving growth and profitability at Studio18.

Malhotra joins Studio18 from Balaji Telefilms where, as COO, he was responsible for the business strategy and profitable growth of the motion pictures business.

Prior to that, Malhotra was head of worldwide marketing of Kingfisher Airlines, where he led a team that is credited with creating India’s largest airline brand in just a little over four years of operations.

The top team of Studio18, being led by Sandeep Bhargava, is being given a new shape under Viacom18. Bhargava had earlier quit the organisation.

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