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Mercedes-Benz India Names Nandita Godbole Head of Marketing

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Mercedes-Benz India Names Nandita Godbole Head of Marketing

Mercedes-Benz India has appointed Nandita Godbole as Head of Marketing, effective September 1, 2026, succeeding Amrit Baid. Godbole is currently General Manager of the Digital Customer Unit and has held roles across Marketing, Retail Sales and the Digital Customer Unit at Mercedes-Benz India. In her new role, she will focus on expanding the use of real-time data and predictive insights to deliver more personalised customer interactions. Baid moves to General Manager, Retail Finance and Pre-Owned Cars, as part of a wider Sales and Marketing leadership reshuffle at the carmaker.

  • Appointee: Nandita Godbole - Head of Marketing, Mercedes-Benz India
  • Effective 1 September 2026; succeeds Amrit Baid
  • Currently General Manager of the Digital Customer Unit
  • Mandate: real-time data and predictive insights for personalised CX

Why Nandita Godbole's appointment signals a data-led marketing push

The appointment of Nandita Godbole underscores Mercedes-Benz India's intent to place real-time data and predictive insights at the core of its marketing function. Her background spanning Marketing, Retail Sales and the Digital Customer Unit positions her to bridge customer-facing sales operations with data-driven marketing strategy. The stated mandate — expanding real-time data and predictive insights for more personalised customer interactions — suggests the brand is looking to move beyond traditional brand marketing toward a more integrated, technology-enabled approach to customer experience.

A broader reshuffle across Sales and Marketing

Godbole's elevation is not an isolated change. Amrit Baid's move to General Manager, Retail Finance and Pre-Owned Cars, indicates that Mercedes-Benz India is using this transition to redistribute leadership across key business lines rather than simply filling a single vacancy. The company has framed the reshuffle as an effort to strengthen customer experience through real-time data and AI, while simultaneously supporting internal leadership development. By moving Baid to a role overseeing retail finance and pre-owned cars, and elevating Godbole from within the Digital Customer Unit, Mercedes-Benz India appears to be reinforcing a strategy of promoting proven internal talent into expanded remits. The changes collectively point to a leadership structure designed to align marketing, sales and customer-facing digital functions more closely, with data and AI positioned as connective threads across these roles.

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