Management changes at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles India

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles India (FCA) has announced the appointments of Rahul Pansare as the new Head of Marketing and Sushant Balsekar as the new Head of PR & Corporate Communications of the company.

Rahul Pansare is a Mechanical Engineer and management post graduate. He has 15 years of experience in sales and marketing across domains such as FMCG, entertainment and automobiles. His association with Fiat goes back to 1999, when he started working at Fiat India as an engineer. Prior to joining FCA he was the Head of Communications in Volkswagen Group Sales India.

Sushant Balsekar is an Automobile Engineer with 16 years of work experience. He has worked in various fields such as automotive journalism, automotive PR consulting, corporate, product, brand and strategic communications as well as marketing communications. Prior to joining FCA he was a communications consultant to General Motors India. He has previously worked with Nissan India, Ford India and Ford Asia Pacific and Africa in a variety of communication roles. Sushant will be taking charge from Marius D'Lima, who will soon retire.

These appointments come just as FCA gears up for the launch of Jeep in India and planning for new Fiat products.