Boeing appoints Salil Gupte as India head

NEW DELHI:

Boeing India

on Tuesday announced the appointment of

Salil Gupte

as its president with effect from March 18.


Gupte, who was vice-president of

Boeing Capital Corporation

, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, succeeds Prat Kumar, who was appointed vice-president and program manager of Boeing’s F-15

fighter aircraft

program in November 2018.

The position will be based in New Delhi and Gupte will report to the

Boeing International

head Mark Allen.

“I’m thrilled to be joining my colleagues at Boeing India during such an exciting time, when the business is growing exponentially and we are building the future of global aircraft in India,” said Salil Gupte, president, Boeing India.

“Salil is an accomplished business leader, with a terrific set of commercial and services experiences,” said Marc Allen, president of Boeing International.

Salil Gupte will lead a team of over 3000 employees and joint venture personnel located in Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. His leadership will extend to cover Boeing’s large supply chain presence in India, its engineering and technology center in Bengaluru, and Boeing joint venture with Tata in Hyderabad.

Boeing is the world's largest

aerospace

company and leading manufacturer of

commercial jetliners

, defense, space and security systems, and service provider of aftermarket support.