Mumbai: GreenCell Mobility (GreenCell), a leading pan-India shared electric mobility player, has appointed Devndra Chawla as the new CEO of the company. Chawla will lead the company’s objective of being the prime mover in building sustainable growth momentum in the shared e-mobility space. He will report to the board of GreenCell.
GreenCell Mobility is backed by Eversource Capital, the investment manager for India’s largest climate fund, Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF).
Devndra Chawla, who has rich and varied experience of over 26 years, was until recently the MD and CEO of Spencer‘s Retail and Nature’s Basket. Prior to that, he was associated with Walmart India as EVP and COO and was CEO of Future Consumer Limited (FCL) and Group President of the Food, FMCG, and Brands Future Group. He also served as the CEO and Food and Business Head for private brands (the Future Group). Previously with Coca-Cola, he led various roles, including those of area operations director and director of customer service and route to market. He has also had a stint at Asian Paints as a regional branch manager.
Dhanpal Jhaveri, vice chairman of Everstone Group, and CEO, Eversource Capital, said, “We are excited to welcome Devndra to the GreenCell team, having successfully led many customer-centric businesses to grow GreenCell into India’s leading green surface transport company.”
“I am extremely thrilled with the opportunity to lead GreenCell, which is revolutionizing the future of e-mobility in India. I feel privileged to scale the company’s growth to the next phase, which has established its base in business and is now ready to accelerate its businesses in green surface transport,” Chawla said.
Devndra Chawla received his Bachelor of Engineering in Production from Pune University. He holds an MBA degree from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School via its Advanced Management Program.
GreenCell is implementing 1,500 e-buses in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh, of which more than 700 are operational across 23 cities.
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