Maruti Suzuki India rejigs senior management

TOP-LEVEL CHANGES. The changes were approved by the board on Wednesday

Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) on Wednesday announced major changes in its senior management team. Partho Banerjee has been appointed as the Head Marketing and Sales, replacing Shashank Srivastava, who becomes ‘Member Executive Committee’.

“We would like to inform you regarding the changes in the Senior Management Personnel (SMP) of the company as approved by the board of directors in its meeting held today,” the company said in a filing to stock exchanges.

All these appointments will be effective April 1.

SMP CHANGES

Banerjee was earlier the Head of Services. He has been with MSIL for the past 34 years. He has worked across various verticals in MSIL, including sales, marketing and production engineering. He holds

B.Tech. degree from IITKanpur, the company said.

CV Raman, who was the Head Engineering now becomes ‘Member Executive Committee’.

Tarun Aggarwal has been appointed Head of Engineering from Executive Officer and Head of Powertrain vertical currently.

Aggarwal also has been with MSIL for the past 34 years and has worked in various areas of engineering including electrical, connected system, product planning, styling and design. He has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from the National Institute of Kurukshetra.

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OTHER EXECUTIVES

Ram Suresh Akella, currently Executive Officer in the marketing vertical, has been appointed as Head of Service. He has also worked in various areas such as sales and network head at Arena channel, commercial business and head of South region. He holds a Bachelor’s degree of Engineering from Andhra University and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

In the product planning, Sandeep Raina has been appointed as the head, who is currently Executive VicePresident and Head of Product Development and Cost and Programme Management. He began his career at MSIL, where he has been for over 30 years. He has a Bachelor’s degree of Engineering from IIT Roorkee and MBA from MDI, Gurugram.

On the Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) fronts, Rajesh Uppal, who was the Head – HR and IT, now becomes ‘Member Executive Committee’. Salil B Lal has been appointed as the Head HR, while Manoj Gautam has been appointed as the Head IT, the company said.

Similarly, Sunil Kakkar is transferred from the position of Head Supply Chain to Head Corporate Planning, and Deepak Thukral has been appointed as Head Supply Chain, while Rahul Bharti is transferred from the position of Head Corporate Affairs from Head Corporate Planning, MSIL added.