The Volvo Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Philippe Divry as the new Managing Director of Volvo India Pvt. Ltd. (VIPL) and Senior Vice President, Truck Joint Ventures India, Volvo Group.
As Managing Director of VIPL, one of the three legal entities of the Volvo Group in India, besides Volvo Buses India and VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), Mr. Divry will oversee the resourcing and optimization of the Volvo Group’s 4,000-plus workforce in India and support the ambitious growth plans of the group’s different business areas and functions. In this role, he becomes the statutory head of the Volvo Group organisation in India. A Senior Vice President at the group level, he is the highest ranking executive of the Volvo Group ever positioned in India.
Mr. Divry also joins as a Board Member of the Volvo Group’s joint venture company VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), which comprises the entire Eicher Motors truck and bus operations and the distribution of the Volvo Trucks vehicles. He will therefore be responsible for the overall performance of the truck business in India.
Mr. Divry has over two decades of experience in the commercial vehicle and automotive industries, both at Renault Trucks and in the Volvo Group. He has rich background in operations and project management and was head of Volvo Powertrain France from 2003 to 2008. He has been part of significant co-operations with international partners and has exercised responsibilities as Board member in companies such as Prevost Cars in North America, Sunwin Bus Corporation of China and Volvo Logistics of Sweden.