Maruti Suzuki appoints Kenichi Ayukawa as MD and CEO

New Delhi: Country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it has appointed Kenichi Ayukawa as the new managing director and chief executive officer, who will succeed outgoing Shinzo Nakanishi.

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The appointment will be effective from April 1, 2013. The board of directors of the company at a meeting held on Friday appointed Ayukawa as the new MD and CEO in place of Nakanishi as the latter has attained the age of retirement, the company said in a statement.

Nakanishi had joined the Japanese auto giant Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Indian subsidiary in 2007 was re-appointed its MD and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi for three years in September 2010.

PTI