Isha Rathnam is the Vice President - Legal Affairs (CLO) for South Asia & Networks - Emerging Markets Asia at Lionsgate. She previously served as CLO (Director - Legal Affairs) for Lionsgate South Asia and Lionsgate Play - Emerging Markets Asia. In her role, Isha heads the Legal, Regulatory, and Public Policy functions for the studio and direct-to-consumer app business across South Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Her team of under 10 lawyers manages areas including original content development and production, theatrical distribution, content acquisition, content syndication, OTT platform partnerships, and key support functions in product and marketing.

she manages the entire studio business, including acquisition, development, production and monetisation of content. Involves structuring & negotiating the apt business model for a project. She has negotiated high value complex partnership deals with the largest telecom and broadband operators in India, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia. At Lionsgate, Isha dons various hats such as being a member of the governing committee of the self-regulatory body (Tier II Level) instituted to regulate content on digital medium as notified by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Chairman of the POSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) Committee for Lionsgate India; Grievance Officer for Lionsgate Play as well as a member of the Senior Management advising the Managing Director for South Asia and South East Asia. She has previously worked in In-house roles in organizations such as Reliance Broadcast Network Limited, Fremantle Media, Turner International India Pvt. Ltd. and SONY Entertainment Network.