Arrival strengthens leadership team with new Chief Human Resources Officer

By Nicky Godding

5 July 2022

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Arrival, which is developing a unique method of design and production of electric vehicles (EVs) by microfactories located close to their markets around the world has appointed Mandeep Bajwa as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

Mandeep will be responsible for managing all employees globally, overseeing all of Arrival’s employee and workplace operation including global recruitment, people management and operations, diversity, equality and inclusion, and organisational effectiveness.

She brings almost two decades of global experience in human resources strategy, having served most recently as the Chief People Officer at Gett, a leading provider of ground transportation management.

Mandeep has also held senior management positions across corporate environments to unicorn start-ups including CloudKitchens and WeWork.

Denis Sverdlov, Founder and CEO at Arrival, said: “Mandeep is bringing her exceptional talents to Arrival at an incredibly important time for the business. Today, we have a unique opportunity to rethink mobility and create an equitable and integrated transportation ecosystem, in order to make our cities better places to live. Arrival will be starting production and delivering vehicles to customers for the first time later this year, and as we move to the next phase of the business, Mandeep will play a vital role in how we lead and scale our organisation. Our culture has always been our strategic advantage and we’ve strived to ensure there is no better professional life than Arrival. I am excited to welcome Mandeep to the company, and I know her leadership will have an enormous impact.

Mandeep added: “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining Arrival as its new Chief Human Resources Officer at such a crucial time for the business. Arrival has a world-class leadership team, with a fundamental focus on people, company values and mission. The company has an unbeatable culture and strives to be the best workplace possible, and it’s my commitment to further innovate, celebrate and enhance that culture. I look forward to working closely with Denis, Avinash and the talent team at Arrival as we take the company to the next stage.”

Arrival was founded in 2015 and is on a mission to make air clean by replacing all vehicles with electric solutions - produced by local Microfactories. Arrival is driving the transition to EVs globally by creating products that are zero-emission, more desirable, more sustainable and more equitable than ever before. The company recently announced the Arrival Van and Arrival Bus achieved EU certification, with the Arrival Van expecting to start production in Q3 2022 in Bicester, UK.

By Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe.

After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts.

She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.