Madhav Chinnappa

Madhav Chinnappa is the Head of Strategic Relations for News & Publishers, working on partnerships and collaboration between Google and the news industry. Most recently, he launched the Digital News Initiative, which is Google's overarching framework for engagement with the European news ecosystem. He joined Google in 2010 to focus on Google News & Magazines in the EMEA regions. He has worked in the news industry since 1994 - first in the launch team of Associated Press Television (APTV), a year in M&A at United News & Media and spent over 9 years at BBC News, latterly as Head of Development & Rights.