After eleven years of service at Ashok Leyland, Nitin Seth, Chief Operating Officer of the company, has decided to pursue an alternate career outside of the company. He was responsible for leading a solid team to build Ashok Leyland's LCV business and other businesses.
In another development, Mahesh Babu, who served till recently with Mahindra Electric as Managing Director and CEO, joined Ashok Leyland's company's subsidiary Switch Mobility and will hold twin leadership positions with immediate effect. He will play the role of Chief Operating Officer of Switch Mobility Ltd and Chief Executive Officer of Switch Mobility, India.
This key appointment, the latest step in a series of recent high profile appointments to leadership positions and the Board, reinforces Switch Mobility's management bench strength and industry expertise and demonstrates the company's commitment to driving growth and securing a leading global position in net zero carbon buses and light commercial vehicles.
With the combined expertise of its teams in the UK and India, Switch Mobility will build on its experience of having more than 280 electric vehicles in service with over 26 million miles covered.
On Seth's departure, Vipin Sondhi, MD and CEO, Ashok Leyland, said, 'Nitin has been a core member of the leadership team at Ashok Leyland. We wish him the very best for the future. The company has a strong bandwidth of leaders, and we will continue to pursue our growth ambitions in all businesses as planned.'
On the appointment of Babu, Andy Palmer, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Switch Mobility Ltd, said, 'I am delighted to announce this appointment as Mahesh brings over 25 years of experience to Switch and his expertise as a CEO and track record as an EV pioneer is well-known. He joins a strong leadership team, and I look forward to working with him closely to achieving our ambition to provide net-zero carbon van and bus solutions globally and realising our bold sustainability objectives at Switch.'
Babu said, 'The uptake of zero-carbon commercial mobility products and solutions globally is both a personal and professional aspiration of mine, and I believe Switch has the capability and the compelling offering to create a leading first-class global electric vehicle company. I look forward to being part of its growth story.'