Change of guard at Fiat India Automobiles

Mumbai, August 31, 2012: Rajeev Kapoor, president and CEO, Fiat India Automobiles, retires today after a five-year stint in the company. Kapoor, who had joined Fiat India Automobiles in 2007 and has overseen the formative years of the operations to its present level, is retiring on reaching 60 years of age.

Gurpratap Boparai, who currently heads Fiat India’s powertrain division, will take over as the new CEO of the company. In his new role, Boparai will be responsible to scale up the state-of-the-art Ranjangaon facility, which is a 50:50 joint venture with Tata Motors.

Boparai (above right) joined Fiat India in 2007 as assistant vice-president, manufacturing and powertrain division, and took over as head of the powertrain division in 2009 where he was responsible for business development and overlooking all the functions of powertrain plants like manufacturing, finance, HR, PE and others.

Boparai comes with over 20 years of experience in the automobile sector and has worked with companies like TELCO (now Tata Motors), Ocap Chassis Parts, Iveco and Tata Cummins.