Leadership

Leadership

Deepesh Rathore

Founder & Head of Research

Deepesh has nurtured and grown automotive insight businesses. A motorcycle enthusiast, he was the head of research at SupplierBusiness, now a part of S&P Global Mobility. Later on, he was the Director of automotive forecasting in India-ASEAN-ANZ for IHS Markit. In his last assignment, he led product strategy at Ola Electric, scouting Etergo BV for acquisition. He has been regularly quoted in the media as a subject matter expert.

Jayesh Jagasia

Advisor to the board

Jayesh is an automotive industry executive and thought leader. He specialises in building world-class companies, and has played commercial leadership roles in organisations of different sizes throughout his career. An entrepreneur at heart, Jayesh previously founded veriCAR, India’s first independent used car certification service. He produces and hosts the AI in Automotive Podcast, featuring the people who are shaping the future of automotive.

Sandeep Divakaran

Advisor to the board

Sandeep founded and scaled evfin, a 100% EV-consumer financing platform under Greaves Finance, as CEO. Previously, he was Head of Strategy at OLA Electric, CEO of OLA’s Fleet business, and a Board member at OLA Skilling and Vogo. He also co-founded OPC Asset Solution (now CHG Meridian) and was part of the founding team at Prizm Payments (now Hitachi Payments). He brings deep expertise and a strong network of investors, mentors, and industry leaders to drive growth.

Tom Courtright

Tom Courtright

Advisor to the board

Tom Courtright is an e-mobility and motorcycle-taxi expert who has lived and worked in Africa for nearly twenty years. He has deep research and analytical expertise in the motorcycle-taxi sector, currently carrying out his doctoral studies on motorcycle-taxis in East Africa while leading the first and only motorcycle-taxi research group in the region. He has worked as an independent consultant with the World Bank, GIZ, UNEP, and more, and wrote the Global Emerging Markets Report on Electric Two- and Three-Wheelers. Tom has deep market, policy, and business model expertise in e-motorcycle in Africa and has worked in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Cameroon, Malawi, and the Central African Republic.

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