Rahul Pansare has joined as the Group Marketing Head at Stellantis India (Jeep and Citroen brands), after working at Skoda India as its Head of Marketing for less than a year.

This is Pansare's second stint at Stellantis, after having worked with the company from April 2016 to May 2023.

"I'm happy to share that I'm starting a new position as Group Marketing Head India at Stellantis," Pansare shared on social media.

He has over 22 years of experience in Marketing Communication, Brand Building, Business Development, Sales and Channel Management in diverse industries including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Entertainment & Automobile.

Pansare started his career with Fiat India in 1999 as a Executive Trainee. In his career, Pansare has worked with many companies in various industries like Volkswagen India from October 2009, where he worked for almost 7 years at different marketing positions.

In April 2016, he joined Stellantis as the Head of Marketing, where he went on to work for 7 years till May 2023.

Pansare holds a degree in Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Mechanical) from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology and an master of business administration (MBA) from Sydenham Institute of Management.

With effect from January 1st, Stellantis India appointed Aditya Jairaj as its chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director. Jairaj succeeded Roland Bouchara, who was assigned to another function in Europe after six-and-a-half years of spearheading Stellantis Group's operations in India.

Stellantis operates three manufacturing plants (Ranjangaon, Hosur, Thiruvallur), an ICT Hub (Hyderabad) , a software Centre (Bengaluru) and two R&D centres in Chennai and Pune.