Nitin Seth quits Ashok Leyland

CHENNAI: Ashok Leyland has announced the departure of COO

Nitin Seth

after an 11-year stint there. Seth is mostly credited with building Ashok Leyland's light commercial vehicle team.

Seth has "decided to move in pursuit of an alternate career outside of Ashok Leyland," the company said in a statement.

Vipin Sondhi

, MD and CEO, Ashok Leyland, said, ‘Nitin has been a core member of the leadership team at Ashok Leyland. The company has a strong bandwidth of leaders and we will continue to pursue our growth ambitions in all businesses as planned."

Group company Switch Mobility announced the appointment of former Mahindra Electric MD& CEO Mahesh Babu as its Switch Mobility and CEO of

Switch Mobility India

.

Andy Palmer executive VC & CEO of Switch Mobility said: "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.”

Mahesh Babu said: “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.”


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