Santosh Deshpande
Director Regional Sales, Textron Aviation
Santosh Deshpande is the Regional Sales Director for Textron Aviation, responsible for sale of Cessna Citation business jets and Beechcraft King Air turboprops. Santosh has been a part of Cessna’s sales activities in India for the past twenty years.
He has 28 years of experience of which 25 years have been in the aviation field. Prior to joining Cessna/Textron Aviation, he has held leadership position as the Business Head of Aircraft Sales & Services Division, an independent business unit and a profit centre, wherein he was fully responsible for the sales and all management functions. In addition, he has successfully established and managed air-charter, aircraft maintenance business activities and worked on various aviation projects.
Santosh is a graduate mechanical engineer and has done aeronautical engineering specialization. In the initial part of his career, he has served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy, during which he has worked as Air Engineering Officer responsible for maintenance, servicing and inspection of different types of military aircraft, and has also served on naval warship as Marine Engineering Officer.