Mr. N. Chandrasekaran

Chairman

Mr. Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of the Board at Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of all Tata Group companies.

Mr. Chandrasekaran joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed Chairman in January 2017. He also chairs the Boards of several group operating companies, including Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Air India, Tata Chemicals, Tata Consumer Products, Indian Hotel Company, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – of which he was Chief Executive between 2009 and 2017

His appointment as Chairman followed a 30-year business career at TCS, which he joined from university. Mr. Chandrasekaran rose through the ranks at TCS to become the CEO and Managing Director of the leading global IT solution and consulting firm. Under his leadership, TCS generated total revenues of USD 16.5 billion in FY 15-16 and consolidated its position as the largest private-sector employer in India and the country’s most valuable company.

In addition to his professional career at Tata, Mr. Chandrasekaran is on the International Advisory Council of Singapore’s Economic Development Board. He is the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow as well as the President of the Court at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He is a member of Bocconi’s International Advisory Council and the Co-Chair of the India US CEO Forum. He is on the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences and has been elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Mr. Chandrasekaran has been conferred with the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian awards in India, in the field of trade and industry in 2022. He has been awarded several honorary doctorates by leading Universities in India and internationally, including an honorary Doctor of Letters from Macquarie University, Australia, an honorary Doctor of Science by the Aligarh Muslim University, and a Doctor of Letters from the Regional Engineering College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, where he completed a Master's degree in Computer Applications before joining TCS in 1987.

Mr. Chandrasekaran is the author of Bridgital Nation, a ground-breaking book on harnessing technological disruptions to bring Indians closer to their dreams.

Mr. Chandrasekaran is an avid photographer and a passionate longdistance marathon runner. He has completed the World Marathon Majors. It includes the marathons in New York, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo and London.

Born in 1963, Mr. Chandrasekaran lives in Mumbai, with his wife Lalitha.

Mr. P. B. Balaji

Non-Executive
(Non-Independent) Director

Mr. P.B. Balaji is the group Chief Financial Officer of Tata Motors Limited since November 2017. In his role as the CFO of Tata Motors, he is a part of the executive committee of Tata Motors and is responsible for Tata Motors' financial performance and helps the Company make the right choices to seize the future while driving profitable and sustainable growth. He is also on the Boards of Jaguar LandRover, Tata Motors Finance Group, Tata Technologies.

Mr. Balaji is a global finance professional with almost three decades of experience in the corporate sector spanning the FMCG and Automotive industries. He started his career with Unilever in 1995 and worked in different corporate finance roles across Asian markets, Switzerland, UK and India. He joined Tata Motors after his last assignment with Hindustan Unilever, a USD 6 billion enterprise, where he headed the finance function as CFO.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, Mr. Balaji also has a post-graduate degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Mr. Siraj Chaudhry

Independent Director

Mr. Siraj Chaudhry has worked extensively with industry, the social sector, and the government on transformational and numerous nationbuilding projects. He has over 34 years of experience in building, turning around, acquiring, and divesting businesses. In his current role as Managing Director & CEO of NCML, he is leading the organisation into greater diversification and expanding the company footprint across the country as a trusted and preferred agri supply chain and solutions company.

Mr. Chaudhry was the Chairman of Cargill India, the Indian arm of Cargill Inc., where he led the building and expansion of Cargill's Food Business in India. He was instrumental in transforming a traditional B2B business into an FMCG company of repute. He also serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of Tata Coffee Ltd., Dhanuka Agritech, Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd., and Carrier Aircon besides being on the advisory board of ABInbev and a member of the Food and Agri Advisory group at British International Investment (earlier CDC Group plc). He has, in the past, been an Independent Director on the Board of IndusInd Bank and has served as the Co-chair of the National Committee for Agriculture at FICCI. He is a member of CDC Group's Food & Agriculture Advisory Council. He has been former Chair of the National Committee on Food Processing at FICCI and the National Alliance for Edible Oil Fortification, a joint initiative by CII and GAIN to address malnutrition through food fortification.

He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Pride of Uttar Pradesh by Lucknow Management Association and Pioneer for Edible Oil Fortification by FSSAI.

He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and is a graduate of SRCC, University of Delhi

Mr. Bharat Puri

Independent Director

Mr. Puri is the Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited since April 2015, having joined the Board of Pidilite Industries Ltd as an Independent Director in 2008. Mr. Puri has been a successful global business leader who has built, energised, and led diverse teams across numerous geographies in both developed and developing markets.

He started his career with Asian Paints in 1982 and rose to becoming the Head of Sales & Marketing. He moved to Cadbury India as Director of Sales & Marketing in 1998 and was appointed its Managing Director in 2002. He has held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management at the regional and global levels, culminating in him becoming the Global President - Chocolates, Gum, and Candy for Mondelez International.

Ms. Shikha Sharma

Independent Director

Ms. Shikha Sharma is a B. A (Hons.) in Economics, PGD in Software Technology, and PGD from IIM, Ahmedabad. She has rich experience in banking and insurance and has an excellent track record. She led Axis Bank Limited on a transformation journey from being primarily a corporate lender to a bank with a strong retail deposit franchise and a balanced lending book.

She began her career with ICICI Bank in 1980. She was the MD and CEO of ICICI Personal Financial Services from May 1998 to December 2000. Thereafter, she was the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company from December 2000 to June 2009. Later she was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank from June 2009 to December 2018.

Ms. Sharma has won many awards, including Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year - CNBC TV18, AIMA JRD TATA Corporate Leadership, Banker of the Year - Business Standard, and has been recognised among the Top 20 Women in Finance by Finance Asia and 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune. She is on the Board of public listed companies viz. Tata Consumer Products Limited, Ambuja Cements Limited, Tech Mahindra Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, and Piramal Enterprises Limited. She is also an Advisor to Piramal Enterprises Limited, Google India Digital Services Private Limited, NextBillion Technology Private Limited, Bahaar Foundation - a unit of Akshati Charitable Trust and a Member of the Board of Governors of IIM, Lucknow.

Dr. K.P. Krishnan

Independent Director

Dr. K.P. Krishnan served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for 37 years. In his IAS career, he served in various positions in the Government of Karnataka, the Government of India, and the World Bank. He superannuated from the IAS in 2019 as Secretary to the GOI in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

In parallel with his government career, Dr. Krishnan has been a strong researcher and academic. Besides being visiting faculty at IIM Bengaluru, ISB, and Ashoka University, he held the prestigious Bok Visiting Professorship of Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in FY 12-13. He has served as the IEPF Chair Professor of Economics at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NAER) New Delhi. At present, he is Honorary Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) New Delhi.

He is an Independent Director on the Boards of Shriram Capital Limited and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited.

Dr. Krishnan was educated in Economics at St. Stephens College and studied Law at the Campus Law Centre University of Delhi. He joined IIM Bengaluru in 1999 and was awarded FPM (Ph.D.) in Economics at the 2003 graduation ceremony.

Mr. David Crean

Independent Director

Mr. David Crean was the Vice President of Corporate R&D and Chief Science Officer at Mars Incorporated, Virginia, USA. He held global roles across all Mars business segments contributing to science strategy, delivery, research practices, policies, innovation as well as quality and food safety standards. He has held a variety of senior leadership positions at Mars, including that of Chief Science Officer 2018 onwards. His earlier roles also included European Food R&D Director at MasterFoods (Mars Food) Europe in the Netherlands, where he was jointly responsible for turning around Mars’ European Food business into a highly profitable enterprise. He also held the role of R&D Director at Mars Poland. He was a key player in commissioning three new factories in Poland, launching 70+ Mars products, developing local supply chains, and establishing a local Polish team. He has over three decades of experience in technology and R&D.

He was a Member of the Board of the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa and a panelist at events organised by the UN and the WHO on World Food Security and Food Safety.

Mr. Crean graduated with a bachelor's degree in Applied Biology in 1982 from Liverpool Polytechnic.

Mr. Sunil D’Souza

Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Sunil D’Souza is the Managing Director & CEO of Tata Consumer since April 2020. Prior to this, he served as the Managing Director of Whirlpool India Ltd. for over four years and is credited with having turned Whirlpool into a remarkable growth story in India. Prior to joining Whirlpool, he spent around 15 years at PepsiCo, where he held several leadership roles, handling commercial aspects of the company’s foods and beverages portfolio and successfully leading the business in a large cluster of Asian countries. He began his career at Hindustan Unilever in 1993. With 29 years of rich experience, he has strong domain knowledge of the consumer products business with distinct focus on strategy, growth and execution.

Mr. D'Souza is an engineering graduate from the University of Madras and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C).

Mr. L. Krishnakumar

Executive Director & Group CFO

Mr. L. Krishnakumar is the Executive Director and Group CFO of Tata Consumer Products. He started his career as a management consultant with A. F. Ferguson and Co. in India and the Middle East. He subsequently worked with Larsen and Toubro Ltd. across multiple functions as General Manager, Finance where he gained experience in of engineering, information technology, shipping and more.

In 2000, Mr. Krishnakumar joined the Tata Group in the hotel business as Vice President – Finance and was appointed Senior Vice President - Finance of the erstwhile Tata Tea in India in 2004. During his tenure, he has handled different roles for the Company in India and the UK.

He is a Director on the Board of NourishCo Beverages, Tata Starbucks, and several of the Company’s overseas subsidiaries in addition to Infiniti Retail. He has also been a member of the finance forums of CII and Bombay Chamber.

Mr. Krishnakumar is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary.