Mahindra Mahindra has named Manjari Upadhye as its new chief marketing officer - automotive division. Upadhye started her career as senior product manager at Colgate Palmolive and later worked across Ocean Spray Cranberries, PepsiCo, Mondelez International, Danone Dairy and Amazon. She has headed Welspun Group as chief executive officer at Welspun World.

Upadhye's skills ranged across product innovation, strategy, partner relationship management, marketing strategy, team leadership, PL management and business modelling.