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Manish Thakore appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV)

manish-thakore-appointed-as-chief-financial-officer-cfo-of-daimler-india-commercial-vehicles-dicv 1st September 2021, Chennai
  • Manish Thakore will succeed current CFO Leonardo Piccinini, be a key member of Executive Board
  • Mr. Satyakam Arya, Managing Director, and CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles: “We are pleased to welcome Manish Thakore to take up his new role at DICV. His entrepreneurial mindset, rich financial background and digital transformation experience makes him a perfect fit for our management team. Our customers, dealers, employees and other stakeholders will all certainly benefit from his strong knowledge of the Indian market environment as well as his vast international experience.”

Chennai – Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) today announced Manish Thakore, currently Managing Director of Daimler Financial Services India Pvt. Ltd, as their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Mr. Satyakam Arya, Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, said, We are pleased to welcome Manish Thakore to take up his new role at DICV. His entrepreneurial mindset, rich financial background and digital transformation experience makes him a perfect fit for our management team. Our customers, dealers, employees and other stakeholders will all certainly benefit from his strong knowledge of the Indian market environment as well as his vast international experience.”

Manish started his career with Daimler in 2000 as a Fleet Analyst in the USA after which he took over several managerial roles within Truck Credit Management of Daimler’s Financial Services business. From 2011 to 2018, he led credit operations as part of the management team in the newly established Daimler Financial Services entity in India.

Between 2019 and 2020 Manish acted as Vice President of Credit & Key Accounts at the Regional Headquarters of Daimler Financial Services AAP based in Singapore.

In his most recent role as Managing Director of Daimler Financial Services India, Manish played an instrumental part in improving the profitability of the business by strongly focusing on operational processes such as collections. At the same time, he and his team also initiated a ‘Digital Customer Journey’ with the rollout of several digital initiatives that enhanced efficiency, reduced process turnaround time, and improved customer experience

Press Contacts

Charlene Ede,

DGM Global Communications, DICV,

+91 75500 94375,

charlene.ede@daimler.com

Shina Satyapal,

Sr. Manager, Global Communications, DICV,

+91 99402 66704,

shina.satyapal@daimler.com

Soumi Sriram,

Fleishman Hillard,

+91 98195 45378 ,

soumi.sriram@fleishman.com

Prateek Sharma,

Fleishman Hillard,

+91 99714 76254 ,

prateek.sharma@fleishman.com

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