Hero MotoCorp announced the appointment of Kausalya Nandakumar as Chief Business Officer – Emerging Mobility Business Unit. Kausalya Nandakumar succeeds Swadesh Srivastava, who is stepping away for health reasons and will work closely with Kausalya over the coming weeks to ensure a smooth handover.
In this role, Kausalya will report to Dr. Pawan Munjal, Executive Chairman, and will be responsible for steering the strategic direction and growth of Hero MotoCorp’s Emerging Mobility business.
Kausalya brings nearly two decades of leadership experience spanning the automotive, electric mobility, digital innovation, and social impact sectors. She is widely recognized for driving business transformation, scaling high-growth ventures, fostering innovation, and championing diversity.
Kausalya joins Hero MotoCorp after an illustrious 18-year career with the Mahindra Group, where she held several key leadership roles and played an instrumental role in building and scaling new businesses.
Most recently, as Chief Operating Officer of Mahindra Electric Automobile, she led the operational readiness and go-to-market strategy for the company’s electric SUV business.
Earlier in her career, she headed Business Transformation for Mahindra’s Farm Division and was instrumental in building “Krish-e” – the company’s farming-as-a-service platform, driving its strategy, marketing, and operational excellence. At Glyd, Mahindra’s electric shared mobility business, she had end-to-end responsibility for operations and the technology platform development.
As CEO of SmartShift, Kausalya envisioned and built one of India’s first digital logistics platforms, transforming it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.
