Ankush Arora is currently Vice President – Sales, Marketing and Aftersales for General Motors India. He is responsible for above functions India & the Sub Continent.
A mechanical engineer by education, he has been associated with the Automotive Industry in India, Middle East and Asia Pacific Markets for the last 20 years.
Starting his career with General Motors in India in 1997 as Manager (Fleet Sales) Ankush rose to the position of Head of Sales and Marketing for GM India by 2002. He was subsequently based at the Asia Pacific Head Quarters of General Motors at Singapore and was responsible for Sales Operations and Network Development for the Asia Pacific region. During his tenure at Singapore, he was actively involved in developing the Network Strategy and development of Retail Capability for two key markets i.e. China & Korea. He returned to General Motors India in 2005 as Director Sales & Aftersales. In 2006 he was given the responsibility of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales.
Prior to being with General Motors Ankush was based in the Middle East. Based out of Muscat, he was responsible for the Institutional Sales in Toyota Division at Bahwan Automotive centre.
Ankush started his career in India with Escorts Limited in the Motorcycle division in the sales function and soon steered Yamaha to a leadership position in the Southern States.
Amongst the many awards and association of Industry Firsts to his name, the following are closest to him:
a) Chairman’s Sales Honor in 1992 for excellence in sales and customer satisfaction.
b) Asia Pacific Presidents’ Honors at General Motors-2001, 2007. |