365telugu.com online news,Asia India,june 28th,2021: Pearson, the world’s learning company, today announced theappointment of Siddharth Banerjee as the new Managing Director for India andAsia. Siddharth will work towards strengthening Pearson’s Direct To Consumer(D2C) strategy and Digital proposition in the region while building a directrelationship with the education ecosystem in the region. India is a key marketfor Pearson’s global growth strategy and Siddharth is slated to play aninstrumental role in accelerating the digital transition journey of Pearsonwith key focus on strengthening its higher education portfolio. Siddharth willtake on his new role effective 6th July 2021.The appointment is a testament to Pearson’s commitment as adigital-first company, to keep up with changing times as it enters a new erafollowing significant investments in technology and comprehensive businessrestructuring globally.
Siddharth will be joining Pearson from Games24x7, one of India’sleading gaming companies where he is the Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer. Previously, Siddharth has held leadership positions at organisations like Facebook,Vodafone and Unilever and he brings over 21 years of rich, internationalexperience in leading consumer-centric, technology-based businesses, which willprove instrumental in charting out Pearson’s digital transformation journey in Asiain the years ahead. Announcing the appointment, TimBozik, Global President, Higher Ed, Pearson said, “We are delighted to appoint Siddharth as our new Managing Director forPearson in India and Asia. India is a key strategic market for Pearson and weare confident that his vast experience will be valuable as Pearson strengthensits focus on constructing a vibrant digital education ecosystem.Today, India’shigher education sector is at the cusp of tremendous digital transformation andSiddharth’s strong knowledge and experience in consumer & technology willcontribute significantly to our renewed digital strategy.”
Commenting on his appointment, Siddharth Banerjee, said, “Theseare exciting times for the education sector in India and Asia and I lookforward to working with my team in transforming the regions focus as a digitalfirst company. There is a huge opportunity for us to contribute to the emergingand evolving digital Indian education landscape and we have a job cut out forourselves and I along with my team will leverage our strengths that are in linewith the rise in online and digital learning, as well as addressing theworkforce skills gap across the emerging economies in Asia. Analumnus of La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Siddharth Banerjee has earned hisMBA from FMS- Delhi and coupled it with executive education from ISB-Hyderabad,IIM-Ahmedabad, and the Harvard Business School. He has also been a Chevening Scholar at the University of Oxford. Siddharth is alsoa bestselling author, a regular at industry jury panels and a mentor tostart-up founders.