Management Team

Mr. Sunil Gupta (Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer)

Mr. Sunil Gupta is Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Avis India responsible for maximizing profitability of the business, driving the strategic development of the Company and leveraging its expertise in fleet management for rapid growth. Sunil has completed his B Tech in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a PGDM (Marketing and Finance) from IIM, Kolkata. His areas of professional interest are brand launches and re-positioning exercises, managing diverse distribution and logistics models and restructuring businesses across FMCG, foods and tour operating industries. In the past, he has worked in Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Thomas Cook and Kuoni SOTC. During his career, he has won many awards like the Galileo-Express Travel Award for Marketing Innovation (2003), the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Marketing Award for a Tour Operator in the Asia-Pacific Region (2005) and the Pacific Area Travel Award (PATA) Golden Award for Marketing for the Asia-Pacific Region (2008). His interests are reading, travel and theatre.

Mr. Gourav Rajvanshi (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Gourav Rajvanshi is Chief Financial Officer of Avis India. He oversees the overall financial aspects of the company including financial planning, analysis & control, strategic business decisions, accounting & financial reporting, taxation, internal & statutory audits, treasury, risk management, and compliance.

Gourav is a chartered accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has started his career with Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited and worked with Acme Telepower Limited, and Luxor International Private Limited before joining AVIS. His interests include travel, cricket and watching movies.

Mr. Avinash Gupte (Chief Operating Officer - Lease)

Mr. Avinash Gupte is Chief Operating Officer – Lease for Avis India, responsible for developing and implementing growth strategies. Avinash has completed Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay, followed by MBA in Marketing from Fore School of Management, Delhi. His areas of professional interests are to constantly innovate, conceptualize and implement new products and initiatives for long term sustainable growth. Avinash started his career with Maruti Suzuki in the area of after sales service and later contributed significantly to the setting up of business operations for the Lease Plan India and thereafter with ALD Automotive.

He is passionate about cars and in addition his interests are in music, traveling and sports including adventure sports.

Mr. Aman Naagar (Chief Operating Officer–RAC)

Mr. Aman Naagar is Chief Operating Officer – RAC for Avis India responsible for strategic business planning and execution to enhance profitibility , expertise in strategic and operational visioning, responsiable for building a high performance management team for rapid growth. Aman has completed his B Com, followed by a PGDBA from Symbiosis, Pune.His areas of professional interest are Turnaround strategy, team building and business process re-engeineering.In the past, he has worked in International Shipping, Logistics and International Trading Industries. His interests are travel and music.

Mr. Mukesh Mehta (National Head Sales-RAC)

Mr. Mukesh is the National Head Sales-RAC for Avis India and is responsible for achievement of the revenue targets, ensuring stated margin on these revenue and client management. Mukesh has completed his PGDSM from NIS followed by and MBA from Symbiosis Pune. His areas of professional interest are Client Acquisition, retention and managing the revenue streams. In the past, he has worked with RPG Ricoh, UM Group in various capacities.

Mr. Rajiv Singh (National Head – Human Resources & Administration)

Mr. Rajiv is the National Head – Human Resources & Administration of Avis India, responsible for initiating modern HR interventions to build sustainable growth through empowering and building people capabilities. Rajiv strongly believes in diversity across the value chain and has rich experience in all facets of HR. Rajiv has done his PGDHRM from ISB&M Pune . Previously he was associated with LG Electronics, Tecumseh Products, New Holland Fiat and last being Sagar Ratna Restaurants as Group HR Head.