Gurpratap Boparai to succeed Rajeev Kapoor as Fiat India President and CEO

Fiat India Automobiles Ltd have announced that Mr. Rajeev Kapoor has ‘retired’ from the post of President & CEO. Mr. Gurpratap Boparai will replace him as the new CEO of the company.  Mr Rajeev Kapoor joined Fiat India Automobiles Limited in 2007 and has overseen the formative years of the operations to its present level and is retiring on reaching 60 years of age.

 Mr. Boparai was so far heading the Power Train division of the company. He will be responsible to scale up the state-of-the-art Ranjangaon facility to further heights under his leadership.

 Having joined Fiat India in 2007 as Assistant Vice President, Manufacturing and Powertrain Division Mr. Boparai took over as Head of Powertrain Division in 2009 where he was responsible for business development and overlooking all the functions of Power Train plants like manufacturing, Finance, HR, PE and others.

Mr. Boparai comes with over 20 years of experience in the automobile sector and has worked with some of the most reputed companies. His successful stints include Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited, Ocap Chassis Parts Private Limited, Iveco and Tata Cummins Limited.

We wish the new man at the helm of this ship in stormy waters all the best and hope that he is able to turn things around for Fiat India

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