Zee Media Appoints Pavel Chopra As New CHRO

Zee Media Corporation Limited informed that upon the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company have on October 17, 2024, approved the appointment of Pavel Chopra as `Chief Human Resource Officer' of the Company (categorized as Senior Management Personnel). 

In his new role at Zee Media, Chopra will lead the implementation of effective people strategy to ensure that our people policies, culture and working practices enable high performance and organisational capability. He will take a lead role in organisational capability. He will also lead organisational development that will drive change initiatives and contribute to long-term goals around business and people. 

Pavel Chopra has over 2 decades of deep HR experience across diverse Industries ­ ITS, Healthcare, Financial Service, Media, logistics, both in multinational organizations and Indian conglomerates. Chopra had co-founded OxyZEN Express Private Limited, a tech- logistics start-up which established a PAN India network covering 11,000+ pin codes with 250+ staff, 150+ handlers, 300+ Biz Partners, and scaled it to INR 1,000 million consolidated revenue over 2 years.

He was previously also the `Chief HR officer' in Allcargo Limited, for both Allcargo and Gati wherein he has lead the people strategy and cultural transformation for a 10000+ people organization, across 300+ locations across India. He has also been associated with Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) India, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance and Genpact/GE Capital International Services. 

Chopra holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University, Masters in Computer application, Post Graduate Certificate in HR Management and HR Leadership Program (HRLP) Graduate.