Mumbai: Saurabh Yagnik has been appointed as the COO of ABP Network, according to highly placed sources.

Yagnik was earlier with Sony Pictures Networks India for nearly 9 years. He was EVP-Revenue Strategy and Consumer Insights at SPN. He will be reporting to Avinash Pandey, ABP News Network.

Prior to that, he was with Star TV Network. He has nearly 27 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry. At Star, Yagnik was SVP and business head - English Channels Cluster.

Yagnik has also held long leadership stints at HUL and ITC Ltd.