MUMBAI: Rajnish Rikhy has moved to Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (Times Group) as the director of response. He will handle all the metros and various other verticals of the business.

Prior to this, he was the chief revenue officer of the Hindi channels (Aaj Tak, Delhi Aaj Tak and Tej) cluster. Before joining TV Today Network, Rikhy served at BCCL New Delhi as vice president(R). He had previously worked with BCCL in the response function for a period of 16 years, from October 1988 to June 2004.

It is also reported that BCCL has elevated S Sivakumar to a new role as president of revenue. He will report to the CEO of BCCL. In his new role, Sivakumar will be responsible for both response and brand capital functions.

“During his long tenure at BCCL, Siva has displayed stellar leadership in his various roles and brings a wealth of experience and professional accomplishments which can propel our key revenue functions like response and brand capital to the next level,” BCCL managing director Vineet Jain said in an internal note to the employees.

Rikhy will be based out of Times House, Delhi, and will report to Sivakumar.