Tata Global Beverages announces senior South Asia appointment
12 August 2010, Bangalore: Tata Global Beverages, formerly Tata Tea, announces the appointment of Sanjiv Sarin to the role of Regional President, South Asia. He will take on responsibility for this key region with immediate effect.
Sanjiv has been part of the Tata Global Beverages’ integration and transformation journey from its start. Prior to his tenure as Regional President for the Asia Pacific region, Sanjiv led a number of key projects within the business and before joining Tata Global Beverages worked with a number of other international organisations, including a significant period leading teams at Cadbury Schweppes in the Philippines, Egypt, India and the UK.
Sanjiv will be based at the Tata Global Beverages Bangalore office.
For further information
Tata Global Beverages
Satya Muniasamy
Tel: 080 67171222
satya.muniasamy@tatatea.co.in
Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
Madhavi Banerjee
M: 96861 50031
Email: Madhavi.banerjee@vccpl.com
About Tata Global Beverages
Tata Global Beverages, formerly known as Tata Tea is the world’s second largest tea company with a turnover of US$ 1.5 billion and a presence in over 40 countries. The company’s Executive Office is based in UK and it has 3000 employees worldwide. The company focuses on ‘good for you beverages’ and globally, its brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Himalayan natural mineral water, Good Earth and Eight O’ clock coffee. India is a large market for Tata Global Beverages and one in which the company has volume leadership. In India, Tata Global Beverages began its journey of transformation into a ‘good for you’ beverages company with the launch of Himalayan natural mineral water and T!ON an active refreshing drink made from fruit juice, tea extracts and ginseng.
Tata Global Beverages is a part of the Tata Group which is a successful, growing conglomerate operating in seven business sectors. Revenues of the Tata Group were US$ 70.8 billion in 2008-09, of which 64.7% were from outside India. The group employs over 350,000 people worldwide and has a shareholder base of 3.5 million. The Tata name has been respected in India for 140 years for its adherence to strong values and business ethics.