Naina Sabunani Joins JSW Motors As Head Of Corporate Communications
CE DESK 
JSW Motors Limited has appointed Naina Sabunani as Head of Corporate Communications. Sabunani brings over 22 years of experience in strategic communications, corporate reputation management, and stakeholder engagement across corporate sectors.
Before this role, she served as Senior Vice President at Edelman leading corporate strategy. Her prior career includes over 12 years at Burson Cohn & Wolfe, alongside earlier positions at Dun & Bradstreet, MSLGROUP India, and The Indian Express.
Naina Sabunani has joined JSW Motors Limited as Head of Corporate Communications. She brings more than 22 years of experience spanning corporate reputation, stakeholder engagement, strategic communications and brand storytelling.
Her professional background includes advising multinational and Indian businesses on reputation management. Her expertise covers corporate issues, policy-linked communication, employee engagement, executive positioning, sustainability communication and crisis preparedness.
Before this move, Sabunani served as Senior Vice President and Co-Lead, Corporate Strategy at Edelman, a role she took up in June 2022. Her responsibilities included leading major client relationships, developing integrated reputation campaigns and aligning communication across stakeholders and platforms.
At Edelman, she also worked on employer branding, creative campaigns and spokesperson training. Her focus included connecting business priorities with communication strategies and developing consistent narratives for internal and external audiences.
Previously, Sabunani spent more than 12 years at Burson Cohn & Wolfe, formerly sixdegrees. She joined as a Client Servicing Manager and progressed to Deputy General Manager, West, helping expand the regional business, diversify its client portfolio and develop teams.
Her earlier career included roles at Dun & Bradstreet and MSLGROUP India, formerly 20:20 Media. At MSLGROUP, she helped establish and manage the company’s Pune operations. She also worked as a features writer with The Indian Express in Pune.
