DRMumbai: Airbus has appointed Ashish Saraf as Head of the helicopter division of Airbus India to lead its initiatives across the civil, defence and parapublic rotorcraft markets. Saraf, whose appointment is effective July 1, 2018, is based in New Delhi.
He takes over from Xavier Hay who leaves India after six years to take over new responsibilities. Before joining Airbus, Saraf was the India Head of the Tata Sikorsky joint venture and led Sikorsky’s industrialisation and strategic partnerships.
His experience spans offsets, industrial relations, greenfield start-up development and strategic partnerships; he started his career with Dassault Systems and Deloitte Consulting; he is an alumnus of the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune and the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagpur.
