Just days after appointing new business heads for the Citroen and Jeep brands in India, Stellantis, the multinational automotive corporation formed with the merger of FCA and Groupe PSA, has now made several new leadership appointments in India. In its latest communication, the company has announced eleven new appointments in key management roles, all of whom will be reporting directly to Roland Bouchara, CEO & Managing Director of Stellantis in India. Commenting on the announcement, Bouchara said, "The Stellantis India organisation is firmly in place with a rock-solid leadership. The appointed senior executives, with their extensive experience, will support me in integrating our operations, strengthening our processes and driving Stellantis India's operations to the next level."
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The appointed senior executives will report to Roland Bouchara, CEO & Managing Director of Stellantis in India
Firstly, the company has appointed Joel Verany, who will be responsible for Sales & Marketing (S&M) Efficiency for Stellantis in India. Joel, who earlier served as the Vice President Sales and Network, Citroen at PCA India, will now support both Jeep and Citroen brands in India to achieve volumes, maintain quality and profitability. He's an Automobile Engineer by qualification, has worked with PSA, including Citroen India, for 20 years, and has been based in India since 2017.
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Ashish Sahni will also handle the Digital Transformation and Performance Marketing for the India & Asia Pacific (IAP) Region
The company has also appointed Ashish Sahni to head Customer Journey & Digital Transformation for Stellantis in India. Plus, he'll also handle the Digital Transformation and Performance Marketing for the India & Asia Pacific (IAP) Region. Sahni comes with 20 years of experience as a digital strategist, marketing maven and business builder. Earlier he was the Director of Digital Marketing at PCA India. Additionally, Stellantis has appointed Hitesh Jain as General Counsel, India within the Stellantis IAP region and is responsible for legal functions for all Stellantis entities in India. Hitesh, a Science and Law graduate has two decades of work experience in a variety of legal and corporate secretarial roles and is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Previously, Hitesh was responsible for Legal and Company Secretary functions at the erstwhile FCA India.
Puneet Sabharwal will be the Sales & Marketing Controller for Jeep as well as Citroen brands in India
Puneet Sabharwal will be responsible for Finance at Stellantis India, and he will be the Sales & Marketing Controller for Jeep as well as Citroen brands. He will be responsible for accounting, reporting and taxation for India operations. Puneet is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has diverse work experience spanning 25 years in the automotive industry. Previously, Puneet was responsible for the Finance function at PCA India. Along with him, Samual Jacob also joins as Head of Human Resources for the Stellantis India & Asia Pacific (IAP) Region as well as the India market.
Samual Jacob (Left) joins as Head of HR for the Stellantis India, while Goery Weymuller (Right) will take care of Customer experience in India within Stellantis India & Asia Pacific (IAP) region
The carmaker has also appointed Sreeji Kumar to head the Information Technology and Digital Transformation at Stellantis India. A digital technology expert with over 21 years of work experience, his role encompasses IT and technology solutions across sales and marketing, after-sales, manufacturing, import & export, connectivity and R&D. He joined the erstwhile PCA India as Chief Information Officer, in 2020. On the other hand, M. Raj Kalyanarajan is responsible for vehicle manufacturing for the Citroen brand. With an experience of 27 years spans across Automotive and Earthmoving industries in India and the US, the company says he was instrumental in reviving Citroen's brownfield car manufacturing facility at Thiruvallur. Similarly, Jerome Dubrac is responsible for Manufacturing Finance in India and Vincent Baron, for Hosur Plant Operations.
Xavier de Gaudemaris, who comes with over 20 years of experience in the supply chain industry will be responsible for Supply Chain Operations at Stellantis India and will take care of production planning, and vehicle logistics. At the same time, Goery Weymuller has been appointed to head Customer experience in India within Stellantis India & Asia Pacific (IAP) region. He's he spent 42 years working in PSA in R&D and Quality positions in Europe, Latin America and China before beginning his automotive Customer and Product stint in India 4 years ago.
