Osman Ansari

Osman Ansari is Senior Vice President of Business Transformation & Corporate Affairs for CNBC, responsible for helping to drive top CNBC initiatives, priorities and collaboration efforts. In this role, Ansari supports CNBC’s multi-functional growth plans as well as existing strategic external partnerships such as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

Most recently, Ansari served as Senior Vice President of Agency Strategy for NBCUniversal, responsible for accelerating the company’s revenue through strategic partnerships with the largest agencies. He first joined NBCUniversal in 2008, spending more than three years as Director of Programming Finance for CNBC before taking a job in investment banking with Teneo Capital.

Ansari rejoined NBCU in 2012 as Vice President of Strategic Client Development for CNBC under its Ad Sales division. After that, he continued to work in NBCU’s Ad Sales department, holding a variety of strategy roles and overseeing multiple transformation projects across the portfolio. He began his career at General Electric as a member of the Corporate Audit staff.

Ansari received his bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College in India and master’s degree from Monash University in Australia.