Honda Motor Company on Wednesday announced a new team for Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI), with Tsutsumu Otani taking over as the President, CEO & Managing Director of the HMSI. He is also a Vice President at Honda Motor Japan.
Atsushi Ogata, who was at the helm till March, is returning to Shangai, China, as the Executive General Manager at Shanghai Branch, Honda Motor (China) Investment Company.
Otani started his career with Honda Japan in the year 1997. In 2001, he served in the Motorcycle Section, responsible for Europe. In 2005, he joined Honda Italy Industriale and worked for five years. In 2010, he was responsible for South America from Japan HQ. Later in 2011, he moved to Honda Motor Argentina, and further in 2013, he shifted to Honda South America.
As part of the management changes, Honda also elevated Vinay Dhingra (earlier Director – General & Corporate Affairs, Strategic Information System and Honda India Foundation, HMSI) as Senior Director – Human Resources & Administration, Corporate Affairs, Information Technology and Honda India Foundation.
Yogesh Mathur (previously Operating Officer of Sales and Marketing) and Sanjeev Jain (earlier Operating Officer - New Model Purchase & Parts Strategy) are now elevated to the Board of Directors of HMSI.
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As the new Director, Mathur will be responsible for Customer Service, Logistics Planning & Control, Premium Motorcycle Business, along with Sales & Marketing. At the same time, Jain will be responsible for the purchase. He will be replacing V Sridhar, who was Sr Director of purchase and has retired from the company after completing over 23 years of association with HMSI.