New Delhi, 22nd January 2020: Great Wall Motors, China’s largest SUV manufacturer, today announced the appointment of Hardeep Singh Brar as Director – Marketing & Sales for its Indian subsidiary. He is a highly respected industry veteran with more than 2 decades of experience in a multitude of areas of automotive business operations and has worked with various international brands like Maruti Suzuki, Volkswagen, General Motors and Nissan Motors. He is a professional with strong strategy, execution & leadership skills, with the acumen for building high performing & motivated sales team & dealer network.

His forte in the automotive field is well recognized and prior to joining GWM he has led key portfolios as the  Director & Board Member of Nissan Motor Corporation, Vice President and Board member of Chevrolet India and similar leadership roles with Volkswagen Passenger Cars & Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Commenting at the appointment, Hardeep Singh Brar said, “I am excited to join the India operations of Great Wall Motors and eager to build & drive a vision & business strategy for the organization in India”

He has played a very important role across organizations in bolstering Sales & Network and was instrumental in developing strong Network for Maruti Suzuki. Hardeep Singh Brar is a Harvard alumnus, a mechanical engineer from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab and a marathoner & avid sports enthusiast.

This is GWM’s second appointment to the India Leadership Team, after Kaushik Ganguly was appointed a year back as Director – Strategy & Planning, when he had moved from Maruti Suzuki as the head of Product Planning.