Shinzo Nakanishi is the new MD of Maruti Suzuki

Shinzo Nakanishi has taken over his new responsibilities at Maruti Suzuki India. He is now the managing director of the India’s leading automobile maker.

Incidentally, this is the first time ever that the company is being headed by a Japanese.

He is taking over from Jagdish Khattar who is retiring after serving at the top spot for nearly eight years.

He has had a massively successful tenure as he maintained the domination of the company in the Indian market.

Nakanishi has been working for Suzuki for 36 years and he has also been the chairman of Maruti for five years.

He is also going to look after Suzuki’s operations in China and West Asia along with India.

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