The Renault-Nissan Alliance has announced the appointment of Jayakumar David as Alliance HR Director, India. This posting will be effective 1st November 2017. David currently serves as Vice-President HR RNTBCI (Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India) and will continue with this role as well as stated by the company in its press statement.
In his new role, David will be responsible for all the Alliance HR operations in India, ensuring optimum effectiveness, while driving efficiencies of HR delivery to strengthen the Renault-Nissan synergies in India, adds the statement.
Announcing the new appointment, Dominique Dumoulin, Alliance Global Director HR, Africa-Middle East-India (AMI) Region said, “We are pleased to welcome Jayakumar David in his new role and extend our full support to him in successfully executing his mandate, as we aspire to strengthen the Renault-Nissan Alliance in India. At the same time, we are grateful to Christophe Dalby who has been instrumental in implementing and developing the Alliance HR in India for the past 4 years, and will now move to the headquarters. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will continue to grow its presence in India, fostering and nurturing the best talent.”
David will be based in Chennai, reporting to Sumit Sawhney, Country CEO and Managing Director Renault India Operations and Thomas Kuehl, President Nissan India Operations, with a functional reporting to Dominique Dumoulin, Alliance HR Director, AMI Region. He will also report to Krishnan Sundararajan, Managing Director RNTBCI for specific entity related activities.
A post-graduate in Human Resources Management from Madras University, David brings with him rich experience in Human Resources spanning over 24 years. He has worked with organizations like Kennametal India Pvt. Ltd., Siemens Technology and Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Hindustan Coca-Cola beverages Pvt Ltd. and joined RNTBCI in September 2016.
India is a true testament of the success of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, employing over 12,000 people in India across its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and technology and business centre in Chennai, and the Renault, Nissan and Datsun brands.
