Aashish Deshpande is an automotive sales and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience working with leading Indian and MNC auto brands such as Volkswagen, Skoda, and Force Motors. With a complete end-to-end understanding of customer finance and dealer finance, Aashish possesses a rare combination of expertise in the automotive industry. He has also studied marketing at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Mechanical Engineering at Department of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Aashish's career started as a Sales Representative at Indian Express Newspapers Ltd, and since then, he has climbed the career ladder, holding several senior sales and marketing management positions. He has worked as a Senior Marketing Communications Executive, Assistant Manager-Product Planning, Area Sales Manager-Maharashtra, Sr. Manager-Product Marketing, Regional Sales Manager, Head of Sales Operations and Head of Business Development & Marketing at various organizations. Currently, he is serving as Managing Director & CEO at Volkswagen Finance Private Limited.

Aashish is an astute, result-oriented business leader, with exceptional expertise in managing profit center operations and ensuring top and bottom line profitability through optimal utilization of resources. He has in-depth knowledge of all aspects of sales and distribution processes, including network development, retail finance, fleet sales, new product development, market introduction, stock, and credit aging. He is passionate about developing a high-performance organization with a focus on mentoring team members.