Alumni - on the move

Rajesh Jejurikar, 43, is Executive Vice President of Mahindra & Mahindra Group's automotive sector. He is also Managing Director of Mahindra Renault, M&M's joint venture with the French auto major which has launched Logan successfully.

Mr Jejurikar is a management graduate of SPJIMR, 1986 batch, with a specialization in Marketing. He has also been awarded the British Chevening Scholarship for a senior management programme at Manchester Business School, UK in 2003. He attended the “The Advanced Management Program” at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania in 2007.

He has worked with Voltas between 1986 & 1990 in the capacity of an Area Sales Executive and moved on to occupy the Area Sales Manager position during the same period. Post his stint at Voltas, Mr Jejurikar joined FCB Ulka, Advertising where he held the role of Group Manager for 2 years, handling accounts of key Company's like Godrej & Boyce, HDFC and Amul.

He then joined Marico in the year 1991 & continued with them for almost a decade till 2000 during which he held positions from Group Product Manager to GM Marketing and GM International Business.

He joined M&M Automotive sector in 2000 as VP Marketing. As EVP, Sales & Marketing since 2003. Under his leadership, M&M received many accolades. In 2005 he was appointed Managing Director of Mahindra Renault Pvt. Ltd and has launched the Logan successfully in a competitive category.

He has been a member of the Advertising Awards Jury and Media Awards Jury of the Ad Club. He is a visiting faculty at SPJIMR since 1994 and a guest lecturer at IIM Ahmedabad.