Nissan India on Monday announced the appointment of Mohan Wilson as Director of Marketing, Product & Customer Experience for Business Transformation for the India market. Wilson replaces Sriram Padmanabhan and will take over the role effective July 1 2022.
A communication from the OEM stated that Mohan has worked across geographies in Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and India with cross-functional experience of over 20 years in sales and marketing with expertise in Brand building, MarCom, Product Marketing, Customer Experience, Corporate Strategy and data-driven marketing.
Before this, Mohan was head of Global Marketing Planning at Nissan Motor Corporation’s Premium car brand INFINITI at Global HQ in Japan and was a part of new Model Launch introductions for INFINITI globally with all-new QX60 & QX55.
Mohan Wilson, in his role, will report to Rakesh Srivastava, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India, and will be based in Chennai. He will focus on the transformation of the India business on future product strategy for India, build a strong brand with a focus on customer experience, and leverage his experience gained at Nissan Motor Corporation’s Global HQ office in Yokohama, Japan.
Sriram Padmanabhan, who has overseen the successful launch of the Nissan Magnite in India as Director Marketing, Product & Customer Experience has been appointed Director Marketing, Product & Customer Experience for Nissan Motor Australia. In this newly created role, Sriram will report to Adam Paterson, Managing Director Nissan Australia, based in Australia.
Rakesh Srivastava, MD, Nissan Motor India, said that Sriram has been an asset for Nissan India with a strong contribution towards the successful launch of Nissan Magnite and generating customer response with over one lakh bookings and receipt of the Global Nissan President’s Award. 'We welcome Mohan Wilson to Nissan Motor India, his global exposure on premium cars would be key to build Nissan brand with focus on customer experience on Nissan NEXT transformation.'