Sanjay Nazerali

Sanjay Nazerali is Global Chief Strategy Officer at Carat; leading its team of strategists around the world to ensure that Carat delivers original, ground-breaking insight and strategy for all its clients. Sanjay has a rich background of marketing experience which he brings to the role.

After graduating from Oxford University, Sanjay worked in political communications on “New Labour”, the platform which launched Tony Blair’s career.

Following an MBA at INSEAD, he was appointed Senior VP, Marketing, at MTV Europe; helping to grow the channel from 18m to 80m households across Europe.

Sanjay then went on to found a Top 50 media insights agency, The Depot, before joining BBC News as Global Director of Marketing, Communications, and Audiences.

At the BBC Sanjay helped launch the BBC’s Arabic and Persian channels, and in 2010 oversaw the BBC’s campaign for the UK General Election. Sanjay left the BBC to join Carat in 2013.