(L-R): Thiru Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar, I.A.S., District Collector, Coimbatore; Selvi Keerthana Sampath, Hon’ble Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu; Gangapriya Chakraverti, India Site Head and Managing Director, Ford Business Solutions; and Thiru Deepak Jacob, I.A.S., MD & CEO, Guidance Tamil Nadu, at the inauguration of Ford Business Solutions’ new center in Coimbatore on July 8
Ford Business Solutions (FBS) India, the global capability center (GCC) arm of automotive major Ford Motor, has launched a new centre in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. This is the company’s third centre in India after large operations in Chennai and a smaller centre in Bengaluru that it opened recently.The 800-seat centre in Coimbatore will predominantly house the company’s accounting, financing (Ford Credit) and other business operations. Speaking to businessline, Gangapriya Chakraverti, India Site Head and Managing Director, Ford Business Solutions said that the office is being built as a business continuity hub designed to ensure critical operations continue in case the company’s primary GCC in Chennai is disrupted. “We earlier operated a centre in Coimbatore, which we closed during the COVID pandemic. We have had positive experience with the local talent pool here especially in terms of quality and the range of talent across commercial, operational and engineering operations,” she said. Beyond backup operations, some accounting teams will actually be led out of Coimbatore, she added.
