Car India – August 2019

RUDRATEJSINGH

PresidentandCEO,BMWGroupIndia

Story:CarIndia

Agreatproductwillsellitselfforsurebutthere

hastobea brilliantmindatthetoptomakesure

thecompanystaysatthepeakofitsgame

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Territory

BALBIRSINGHDHILLON

Head,AudiIndia

Therehasbeena changeatthehelmofAudi

India.DhillonwilltakeoverfromRahilAnsari

witheffectfrom1 September 2019 asthe

latterismovingtoa globalroleatAudiAG.

Earlier,Dhillonwastheheadofdealer

development.Hebringstothetable 23 years

ofexperienceintheautomotivefield.Hisfirst

stintwiththeGermangiantwasfrom 2007 to

2012.Duringthattime,heworkedasthehead

ofsalesfieldforceandgainedexperiencein

areassuchassales,networkprofitability,

businessstrategy,andfieldsales.Hehasalso

servedatAudiMiddleEast,PorscheIndia,and

HondaIndia.

Audi’sadditionstotheline-upinthepast

yearincludethenewQ5andLifestyleEditions

ofsomeoftheirpopularmodels.Wemay

expecttoseethenewQ3,Q7,Q8,A6,A8,and

e-tronintheforthcomingmonths.Audiare

alsogearinguptoimprovetheirnetworkin

Indiabysettingupservicecentresintier-IIand

IIIcities.

RudratejSinghbeganworkingforBMW

Indiaearlierthismonth.Hehasheld

leadershippositionsinvariouscompaniesand

brings 25 yearsofexperiencewithhim.Prior

tothis,hewastheGlobalPresidentatRoyal

Enfield.

RudratejgraduatedfromtheDelhi

University.HealsohasanMBAinmarketing

andfinancefromtheInstituteofManagement

Technology,Ghaziabad.

BMW’srecentlaunchesincludethenewX5,

first-everX7,andthenww7 Series.Theyalso

launchedthehotM2CompetitionandtheZ4

roadsteraswell.Furthermore,BMWIndiasaid

that 2019 wouldwitnessthelargestnumberof

launchesintheirhistory,includingtheall-new

3 Series.So,thereisa lottolookforwardto.

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