Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced new top management for its Indian two-wheeler operations.
Tsutsumu Otani, Vice President at Honda Motor Co., Japan, will be taking on the role of President, CEO & Managing Director of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI). Otani succeeds Atsushi Ogata, who has led Honda’s Indian two-wheeler operations for three years and will be moving to Shanghai, China, to take on the role of Executive General Manager at Shanghai Branch, Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Otani brings 26 years of experience at Honda across Europe, Japan, China, and South America to his new role. In addition to being the new President, CEO & Managing Director of HMSI, he will also serve as Vice President of Honda Motor Co., Japan.
HMSI has also made changes to its Senior Leadership Team as part of its strategy to achieve market leadership in the future. Vinay Dhingra has been elevated to Senior Director – Human Resource & Administration, Corporate Affairs, Information Technology, and Honda India Foundation. Yogesh Mathur and Sanjeev Jain have been elevated to the Board of Directors of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India. Mathur will be responsible for Customer Service, Logistics Planning & Control, Premium Motorcycle Business, along with Sales & Marketing, while Jain will be responsible for Purchase, replacing V. Sridhar, who has retired from the company after over 23 years of association with HMSI.
