Whale TV expands advertising team
October 20, 2026



Whale TV, the independent smart TV operating system, has announced two senior hires for Whale TV Ads, its advertising business. Naguib Elkhangy joins as Head of Ad Sales, Emerging Markets, and Vanessa Delgado joins as Head of Ad Sales, Latin America. Both will build and lead dedicated ad sales teams in their regions.

Elkhangy brings 10+ years of experience across digital media, programmatic monetisation and CTV, with a strong focus on MENA and OEM-led CTV ecosystems. Most recently at ArabyAds, he helped build and lead exclusive CTV partnerships across LG, TCL, VIDAA, Coolita and Whale TV, alongside broader programmatic monetisation. Prior to ArabyAds, Elkhangy held roles at Gemini Media and Sarmady (Vodafone). He will lead Whale TV Ads’ commercial growth across MENAT and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a broader regional focus spanning Türkiye, Eurasia, APAC, SEA and ANZ.


Delgado joins Whale TV from AD Digital, where she led its FAST-streaming business. She brings 20+ years of experience in media tech and advertising across Latin America, with companies like OTTera, MetaX, Omnicom Group and McCann. Delgado will build Whale TV Ads’ advertiser and agency relationships across the region.

“Whale TV Ads is where our scale with 47.5M monthly active TVs turns into value, for our TV brand partners, for content owners and for advertisers,” commented Chris Hock, Vice President of Whale TV Ads. “The CTV growth is currently accelerating in emerging markets and Latin America, and winning there takes people who know these markets from the inside. Naguib and Vanessa have built ad businesses where it is hardest and where the growth is greatest. Now they will build the teams to match.”