Mumbai, Jan. 27 -- Mumbai-headquartered diversified, multi-product, multi-fuel company Greaves Cotton has appointed Parag Satpute as the new Managing Director (MD) and Group CEO. In his new role, he will be responsible for Greaves Engineering, Greaves Retail, Greaves Finance, Greaves Technologies and Excel Controlinkage.

Satpute an automotive industry veteran brings with him over 29 years of experience and last held the position as the President of Bridgestone's Fleet Business in Europe within the Global Business Unit Bridgestone Mobility Solutions. Prior to that he had led Bridgestone India as the MD.

He started his career with Sandvik as a Product Manager in 1997, and by 2014, he had become MD and Chairman of the Board (subsidiaries) ...