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Nissan strengthens India leadership; announces senior management appointments
Mumbai: Nissan India has announced senior management appointments to strengthen its management structure. The leadership changes are effective from 1 September 2022.
Amit Magoo, currently general manager, zonal head (south & west), has been appointed as director of sales for Nissan Motor India. He will report to Nissan Motor India managing director Rakesh Srivastava and will be based out of Gurgaon, India. In his new role, Amit will be responsible for leading business operations. Nissan India’s regional sales managers will report to Amit Magoo.
Ashish Anand, currently general manager, zonal head (north & east), has been appointed as director of dealer network development, customer quality, and training for Nissan Motor India. He will also report to Rakesh Srivastava and will be based out of Gurgaon, India. In the new structure, the functional heads of dealer development, customer quality, and training leads will report to Ashish.
Commenting on their appointments, Srivastava said, “We are pleased to announce the appointment of Amit and Ashish to the senior leadership team as part of the transformation and growth strategy of Nissan India. Amit and Ashish bring strong experience of multiple functions in Nissan over many years, and have been instrumental in Nissan India’s growth journey with the launch of the big, bold, beautiful Nissan Magnite. We welcome them to their new roles, which are focused on enabling Nissan to exceed customer expectations and strengthen Nissan’s presence in India”
Amit joined Nissan in 2016 as general manager of sales and has managed different roles in the past six years, including corporate and institutional sales, dealer network development, and channel finance. He played a key role in Nissan’s sales division, with a focus on enhancing customer experience and dealer profitability.
Ashish has been associated with Nissan Motor India for over eight years and has managed different roles, including those of head of India sales and head of Project Phoenix.
Nissan India also recently announced the appointment of Keerthi Prakash as managing director, Renault Nissan Automotive India, to lead operations at the company’s Alliance plant in Chennai, India, from 1 September 2022, and also of Mohan Wilson as director of marketing for Nissan Motor India based in Gurugram from July’22.
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
