M&M rejigs top management in auto, farm divisions; Rajan Wadhera to step down from executive role
Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday announced a rejig of its top management in automotive and farm equipment sectors with its President for auto vertical Rajan Wadhera set to retire and step down from the executive role
-
Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday announced a rejig of its top management in automotive and farm equipment sectors with its President for auto vertical Rajan Wadhera set to retire and step down from the executive role
-
Announcing changes in the group corporate office as well as in auto and farm sectors, to be effective from 1 April, 2020, the company said Veejay Nakra will be appointed as CEO of the auto division
-
He will have operating responsibility for passenger vehicles and entire commercial business with profit and loss accountability, except for product development process, M&M said in a statement
New Delhi: Homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday announced a rejig of its top management in automotive and farm equipment sectors with its President for auto vertical Rajan Wadhera set to retire and step down from the executive role.
Announcing changes in the group corporate office as well as in auto and farm sectors, to be effective from 1 April, 2020, the company said Veejay Nakra will be appointed as CEO of the auto division.
He will have operating responsibility for passenger vehicles and entire commercial business with profit and loss accountability, except for product development process, M&M said in a statement.
Related Articles
It further said Hemant Sikka will head the farm equipment sector, while R Velusamy will be appointed as the chief of Global Product Development (Automotive) and Vinod Sahay as Chief Purchase Officer of AFS (auto and farm sectors).
Representational image. Reuters.
Nakra, Sikka, Velusamy and Sahay will report to Rajesh Jejurikar, who will join M&M Board as Executive Director AFS from 1 April, 2020, it said.
M&M said Rajeev Goyal will be appointed as CFO of AFS. He will have dual reporting to Jejurikar and S Durgashankar, who will have an enhanced role as Group Controller of Finance and Accounts working closely with CFOs of all group businesses.
The company further said its agri business headed by Ashok Sharma will move from AFS and report to SP Shukla, who will also continue to head the Aerospace, Defence and Steel Sector, reporting to Anish Shah, who will transition to become Managing Director and CEO on 2 April, 2021.
Rajeshwar Tripathi will be the chief human resources officer for AFS. He will have dual reporting to Jejurikar and Ruzbeh Irani, who is slated to head M&M's Group HR and communications, which includes CSR, Ethics and CIS.
Last week, M&M had announced a rejig of its top management with Anand Mahindra, 64, transitioning to the role of non-executive chairman from executive chairman, effective 1 April, 2020.
The firm also reappointed Pawan Kumar Goenka as the managing director with additional responsibilities of chief executive officer for a year, effective 1 April, 2020, and he will retire after his term ends.
also read
Supreme Court adjourns hearing till August 14 on Brinda Karat's plea seeking FIR against Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders Karat and KM Tiwari challenging the June 13, 2022 order of the Delhi High Court wherein it had dismissed the plea challenging the trial court's refusal to direct the registration of an FIR against Thakur and Verma
G20 meet in Srinagar: How a possible 26/11-type terror attack was exposed
The third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting begins in Kashmir’s Srinagar Monday amid a tight security blanket. There have been reports of a plot to carry out a 26/11-type attack and terror threat to schools. The itinerary of foreign delegates has been altered with a visit to Gulmarg cancelled