GTPL Hathway has appointed Piyush Pankaj as Chief Financial Officer effective October 1, 2026, replacing Saurav Banerjee who superannuates on September 30, 2026. The Board also approved the appointment of Ashwinkumar Patel as Company Secretary and Gurjeev Singh Kapoor as Additional Director.

The appointments were approved during the Board meeting held on September 18, 2026, following recommendations from the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Key Appointments

Mr. Piyush Pankaj currently serves as Business Head - B2B (CATV & Broadband) and Chief Strategy Officer at the company. He brings over 28 years of experience to the role, having been associated with GTPL Hathway for the last 10 years. Mr. Pankaj is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an MBA in Finance & IT from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI).

Mr. Ashwinkumar Patel will assume the role of Company Secretary and Compliance Officer (Key Managerial Personnel) effective September 19, 2026. A Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Mr. Patel has over 20 years of experience in secretarial and legal functions. He previously served in various roles at Electrotherm (India) Limited for approximately 18 years.

Board Changes

The Board appointed Mr. Gurjeev Singh Kapoor as an Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent Director) effective October 1, 2026. His appointment is subject to shareholder approval, after which he will be liable to retire by rotation in accordance with the Companies Act, 2013.

Mr. Kapoor is a media industry veteran with over 30 years of leadership experience. He currently serves as CEO at Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited (HCDL). Prior to this, he worked at ESPN, Discovery, Sony Pictures, and Disney Star, where he served as Head of Distribution & International business. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Delhi College of Engineering, an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi, and a diploma in Digital Business leadership from Cornell University.

Concurrently, the Board noted the resignation of Mr. Tavinderjit Singh Panesar as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director due to personal reasons, effective immediately.

GTPL Hathway has completed the acquisition of ACT Group's cable TV business for ₹35.55 crore, marking a consolidation move in the cable television segment.

Acquisition details

The following table summarises the key parameters of the transaction:

The completion of this acquisition adds ACT Group's cable TV operations to GTPL Hathway's existing portfolio, expanding its footprint in the cable television distribution space.