Turkish broadcaster Kanal D International hires Sangerim Zhakhina as Russia, CIS sales manager

Kanal D International (KDI), the international arm of Demirören Group’s Turkish broadcaster Kanal D, has appointed Sangerim Zhakhina as sales manager for Russia and CIS.

Sangerim Zhakhina

Zhakhina, who has more than 10 years’ experience working in CIS media industry and speaks English, Kazakh, Russian and Turkish, will sell to countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The Istanbul-based exec, has experience in content acquisition, TV programming, production and sales, gained through her work with TV channels in Kazakhstan.

Zhakhina joins KDI from MediaHub in Turkey, where she was sales and business development manager for Asia and CIS.