Hyundai Motor India has appointed its current whole-time director Tarun Garg as managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, effective 1 January 2026, the automaker said in an exchange filing on 14 October.

Garg will succeed Unsoo Kim, the current MD, who will return to South Korea to take on a strategic role at Hyundai Motor Co., effective 31 December 2025.

Garg joined Hyundai in 2019 as full-time director – sales, marketing & service. In 2023, he took on the additional mandate of COO.

Prior to Hyundai, he served a stint of over 25 years at Maruti Suzuki, where his most recent role was that of executive director- marketing, having joined the automaker in 1994.