Michelin has appointed Shantanu Deshpande as Managing Director for the company in India. Deshpande will be based out of Pune.
Across his 23-year tenure with Michelin, Shantanu has held various leadership roles in Sales and Marketing, both in India and in other geographies such as North America, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Deshpande joined Michelin India in 1999 as an Area Sales Manager. He was appointed India Marketing Director in 2007.
From 2012 to 2015, Shantanu served as Vice President of Marketing with a Michelin subsidiary in North America. He was the Director of Marketing for B2B business for Africa, India & Middle East Region from 2015 to 2020. Since 2020, Shantanu served as Global Marketing Director for Michelin Group’s Urban Business Line based out of Bangkok.