Raj Lalbahadur

Raj Lalbahadur holds a BComm from Unisa and an MBA from the New York Finance Institute. He joined Media24 in 2007 as a senior financial manager after holding positions in, among others, the petroleum and paper manufacturing industries and SARS. He was appointed chief financial officer of Media24 Lifestyle division in 2009, acted as Media24’s chief financial officer in 2015 and was appointed as general manager of Lifestyle in 2017 before joining the corporate office as group project management officer in 2018. Raj was appointed as Media24’s group CFO and director responsible for the finance function on 1 May 2023. On 5 September 2024, Raj was appointed as CEO of Media24, effective 11 April 2025.