Ashwani Gupta is Alliance Senior Vice President of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi LCV Business. He took leadership of the Renault LCV Business Unit in 2014 and added responsibility for Nissan’s LCV business in 2017. His role aims to expand LCV market leadership under a single business organization, unleashing the full potential of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi.
Mr. Gupta joined Renault as general manager of purchasing at Renault India in Mumbai. He moved to the Renault Nissan Purchasing Organization in Paris in 2008, as global supplier account manager for braking systems. The following year, he joined Renault Nissan B.V. as deputy general manager, global purchasing. In 2011, Mr Gupta was appointed global program director for Datsun programmes at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. in Japan, where he led the product development to launch in India, Russia, Indonesia and South Africa.
Mr. Gupta began his career in 1992 in engineering and purchasing in the private sector and later moved to management positions in the automotive industry.
Mr Gupta graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, India, and obtained a diploma from The Indian Institution of Export and Import Management. He has also studied at CEDEP, in association with INSEAD, London Business School and Harvard Business School.
A native of India, Mr. Gupta is based in Paris, France.
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A propos de Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nissan propose une gamme complète de véhicules de plus de 60 modèles sous les marques Nissan, Infiniti et Datsun. Au cours de l’exercice fiscal 2016, Nissan a vendu plus de 5,63 millions de véhicules à travers le monde, générant un chiffre d'affaires de 98,7 milliards d’euros environ (11 720 milliards de yens). Nissan conçoit, fabrique et commercialise la Nissan LEAF, véhicule 100% électrique le plus vendu de l’histoire. Basé à Yokohama au Japon, le siège social de Nissan est responsable de six régions différentes : ASEAN & Océanie ; Afrique, Inde & Moyen Orient ; Chine ; Europe ; Amérique Latine ; Amérique du Nord. Nissan emploie 247 500 collaborateurs et est partenaire du constructeur français Renault depuis 1999 dans l'Alliance Renault-Nissan. En 2016, Nissan a acquis 34% des parts de Mitsubishi Motors, qui devient troisième membre à part entière de l’Alliance - le groupe représente presque 10 millions de véhicules vendus au cumul par an.