Spiro, one of Africa's largest electric motorcycle and battery-swapping companies, has named Auroasish Choudhuri as its Managing Director for West and Central Africa.

Choudhuri brings more than two decades of experience leading automotive businesses across Africa, Asia and the Americas. In his new role, he will oversee Spiro's mobility business across the two regions and report to Kaushik Burman, the company's chief executive officer of Mobility, according to a Monday statement.

The appointment is the latest in a wave of leadership changes at Spiro following a $270 million fundraising round in June. As part of that reshuffle, the company appointed former Indofast Energy CEO Anant Badjatya as Group CEO, while Burman, the previous CEO, moved to head its mobility services business. The restructuring separates Spiro's rider-facing operations from its broader ambitions in battery swapping, energy infrastructure, logistics and vehicle manufacturing.

"Auroasish brings extensive experience in growing and transforming automotive businesses across some of the world's most dynamic markets," said Anant Badjatya, chief executive officer of Spiro. "His deep understanding of the sector, combined with his track record in market expansion and operational leadership, will be a strong asset as we continue to scale Spiro across Africa."

Choudhuri joins Spiro from DAG Industries, an automotive and industrial company, where he served as CEO overseeing operations in Nigeria and Benin. Before that, he spent more than a decade at Indian two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company, where he was Regional Business Head for Asia and later for Latin America. Earlier in his career, he led international sales and business development at Escorts Limited across the US, Latin America, West Asia and Sri Lanka, with experience spanning sales, business development and market expansion. That mix of West African operational exposure and emerging-market two-wheeler experience maps closely onto the regions he will now run, where imported gasoline-powered motorcycles dominate commercial transport.

At Spiro, that background will support the company's push to expand its mobility business and enter new markets.

"Africa is entering an exciting new phase in the transformation of mobility," Choudhury said in the statement. "I am excited to join Spiro and bring together my automotive expertise and experience of West African markets to support the company's next phase of growth and expand access to affordable, sustainable mobility across the continent."

The appointment comes as Spiro broadens its ambitions beyond selling electric motorcycles. The company has been building an integrated electric mobility ecosystem around its two-wheelers, anchored by battery-swapping infrastructure that allows riders to exchange depleted batteries for charged ones. The swapping model is central to making electric motorcycles viable in markets where many riders lack reliable access to home charging and upfront vehicle cost is a decisive factor for commercial riders, who commonly pay for batteries through usage rather than purchasing them outright.

Spiro assembles vehicles in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda and runs a battery recycling facility in Nigeria. It also operates in Benin, Togo and Cameroon, and has previously identified Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo as expansion markets. Local assembly also positions the company to benefit from African governments' growing push for local manufacturing and reduced dependence on imported vehicles and fuel.

The company has also moved to tighten control over its supply chain, acquiring UK-based two-wheeler engineering specialist Coexlion in May as it moves into vehicle development and manufacturing.

A key challenge for Spiro's expanding leadership team is building the local infrastructure and supply chains required to make its battery-swapping model work at scale. With Choudhuri now leading West and Central Africa, the company has added an executive whose career has centred on expanding automotive businesses across multiple markets. What to watch next is whether the post-fundraising leadership bench translates into concrete market entries, such as the previously identified Ethiopia and DRC opportunities, and a denser swap-station network across its existing footprint.