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Satyakam Arya is the Managing Director & CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) in India since end of 2018. Under his stewardship, DICV continues to sustainably grow as a strong, progressive and transformational player in the domestic CV market with the made-for-India brand ‘BharatBenz’. Under his stewardship, DICV has aggressively expanded their export footprint in over 60 markets worldwide by manufacturing Daimler Truck brands like Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi FUSO and Freightliner in India.
Prior to this, Satyakam worked in Tokyo, Japan as Head of Customer Services & Procurement for Daimler Truck in Asia. He was also the Chairman of the Board for PABCO Ltd, a subsidiary of Commercial Vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC).
With over 25 years of experience across the automotive value chain in various OEMs, Satyakam believes in leading with a long-term vision to achieve profitability and scale with complete integrity and empower his team to create solutions to achieve sustainable results. His core competencies include Strategic Sourcing, Project Management, Partner Management, Leadership development and Business transformation.
He holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Mechanical Studies and has completed the Senior Management Program for Executives (Strategy and Operations) at IIM Kolkata in 2010.
He is the currently a member of CII Southern Region Executive council and was in the past Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu. He is currently also serving as the Treasurer of Society of Indian Automotive Manufacturers (SIAM) and is a member of their Executive Council.
Satyakam Arya has been recognised as the “CV Man of the Year 2020” at the Apollo CV awards for his thought leadership in the Indian CV Industry. He was also conferred “CEO of the Year 2022” by The Machinist, The Times Group.
