Car India – August 2019

BojanjanKulovSKi

HeadofOperations,MaseratiIndia

KenichiayuKawa

anandMahindRa

MDandCEO,MarutiSuzukiIndiaLimited

Vice-chairman and MD, Mahindra Group

Mahindra & Mahindra is a 70-plus-year-old

company that has come a long way from its

humble beginnings to become the global

behemoth that it is today. Considerable credit

for this expansion and growth goes to its

present MD, Anand Mahindra.

Mahindrahasaneclecticacademic

background.Apartfroma master’sinbusiness

administrationfromtheHarvardBusiness

School,healsoholdsa degreeinfilm-making

andphotographyfromtheHarvardUniversity.

Hemadehisfirstforayintothefamily

company as an executive assistant at

Mahindra Ugine Steel in 1981. Less than a

decade later, he had climbed up the corporate

ladder to shoulder the responsibility of

presidentanddeputyMDofthecompany.

Thepastyearhasbeenaneventfulonefor

thisIndianmanufacturer.new launches

include the XUV300 compact SUV, the Marazzo

MPV, the Alturas G4 premium SUV, and the BS

VI-ready Bolero. The future also looks bright

because there is a new Thar on the way.

Kenichi Ayukawa has been with the Suzuki

Motor Corporation for over three decades,

having started out at the company’s

headquarters in Japan. He has worked as

treasurer for the American Suzuki Corporation

and also as MD of Suzuki Motor Company

Limited. He has been doing a phenomenal job

in his current role in India and is responsible

for the manufacturer’s steady growth in the

country.

Maruti Suzuki’s activities for the past year

include launches of the new Ertiga and Ciaz,

both featuring a new engine. The popular

WagonR has also been launched in a new

avatar. As for the future, we know they have

been running tests on the XL6 premium MPV,

expected to be launched soon.

BojanJankulovskiwasbornandbroughtup

inMacedoniaandhisjourneywithMaserati

beganin2012.Backthenhewasthenetwork

Development Manager for the Global

Overseas Markets, covering South America,

the Middle East, and Africa as well as South

East Asia and Pacific. He played a crucial role

in establishing Maserati in five markets in the

Middle East and South East Asia in the past

two years.

In January 2015, he was entrusted with the

task of setting up Maserati in India. He has

over 15 years of experience in the automotive

sector, covering the areas of sales, aftersales,

and network development. He also has

experience working for Daimler Middle East &

Levant, Volkswagen, and Audi. Jankulovski

holds a degree in mechanical engineering

from the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius

of Skopje, Macedonia.

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