Bela Bajaria serves as Head of Global TV of Netflix, a leading subscription streaming service and production company.
In this role, Bajaria overseees English language and local language scripted and unscripted series around the world.
Previously, she oversaw local language originals, original series across Europe, the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, India, Asia, and Latin America as Vice President of Local Language Originals. In this role, she managed the teams behind shows such as La Casa de Papel (Spain), The Witcher (Poland), Sacred Games (India), Kingdom (Korea), Blood & Water (South Africa), and Sintonia (Brazil).
Bajaria joined Netflix in 2016 to lead Netflix’s push into unscripted programming including the critically acclaimed Queer Eye, Nailed It! and Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. She was previously President of Universal Television.
Bajaria currently serves on the board of Los Angeles’ Saban Community Clinic and received the Lenny Somberg Award in 2018. She has also been honored by the “I Have a Dream” Foundation of Los Angeles and The March of Dimes Foundation.
Bajaria holds a Bachelor of Arts communications degree from California State University, Long Beach.
