Building a smarter journey

Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Non-Executive Director and Chairman

Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of the Board of Tata Sons, the holding company of more than 100 Tata operating companies with a total annual revenue of over $100 billion. He joined the Tata Sons Board in 2016 and became Chairman in 2017. Mr. Chandrasekaran chairs the Boards of several group operating companies, including Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Indian Hotels and TCS, where he was the Chief Executive from 2009-17.

Mr. Chandrasekaran has also served as the Chairman of NASSCOM, the apex trade body for IT services firms in India, in 2012-13. In 2016, he was appointed as a Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India. A recipient of several awards, he has won the ‘Business Leader Award’ at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in 2016 and the ‘Best CEO’ at the 2015 All-Asia Executive Team rankings for five consecutive years.

Mr. Kosaraju Veerayya Chowdary

Non-Executive, Independent Director

Mr. K.V. Chowdary has a post-graduate degree in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology Chennai and graduated from Loyola College, Chennai. He began his career in 1976 as a probationary officer in Andhra Bank before joining the Indian Revenue Service in 1978. Later, he held several executive positions before retiring as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes. After his superannuation, he was appointed as an Advisor to the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. From June 2015 to June 2019, he served as the Central Vigilance Commissioner and was elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Comptroller and Auditor General of India. 

Mr. Chowdary holds directorships in CCL Products (India) Limited, Divi’s Laboratories Limited and Reliance Industries Limited. He has been appointed as an Independent Director for a tenure of five years, effective from 27 October 2020.

Mr Bharat Puri

Non-Executive Independent Director

Mr. Bharat Puri is the Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited since April 2015, having first joined the Board of Pidilite Industries Limited as an Independent Director in 2008. With a proven track record as a successful global business leader, he has effectively built, motivated, and directed diverse teams across various regions in both developed and developing markets. He is a graduate in Commerce from Punjab University and holds post-graduate diploma in Management (MBA) from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Puri’s professional journey began at Asian Paints in 1982, where he started as a Sales & Marketing executive and eventually rose to the position of Head of Sales & Marketing. In 1998, he transitioned to Cadbury India, serving as Director of Sales & Marketing before being appointed as Managing Director South Asia in 2002, after which he moved to Singapore in 2006 where he was responsible for Strategy, Marketing and Sales for the Asia Pacific region. Throughout his career, he has held several senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing, and General Management at both regional and global levels. His exceptional performance culminated in his appointment as the Global President of Chocolates, Gum, and Candy for Mondelez International, Zurich with worldwide responsibilities for the growth of these categories.

Mr. Al-Noor Ramji

Non-Executive, Independent Director

Mr. Al-Noor Ramji is an experienced Chief Information Officer (CIO), Board Advisor, and entrepreneur. He holds a B.Sc. in Electronics from the University of London, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has been a multi-year recipient of the CIO 100 Award, CIO Insight IT Leader of the Year 2009 and the British Computer Society CIO of the Year. He has more than 30 years of experience driving digital strategy and transformation for global enterprises. Prior to joining Prudential plc in 2016, he was the Chief Strategy Officer of Calypso Technology, Inc. He served in various executive roles at British Telecom, more recently as Chief Executive Officer for BT Innovate and Design and CIO of BT Group plc. He also served as CIO at UBS and Global Head of Operations at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Ramji was also the founder and Group CEO of WebTek Software, one of the most successful software houses in India. 

He was appointed as an Additional and Independent Director with effect from 1 May 2022. 

Mr. Guenter Butschek

Non-Executive Independent Director

Mr Guenter Butschek is a globally experienced (South Africa, China, India, South Korea, Europe) Chief Executive leading holistic industrial strategies and operational excellence in aerospace and automotive industry. He is recognized as a thought leader and for running turnaround initiatives including large-scale business transformations, optimizing manufacturing footprints, aligning end-to-end supply chain operations, improving global operating systems, leading joint ventures and creating partnerships with social partners, private and public authorities as well as fostering organizational culture of teamwork, agility and accountability.

Since April 2022, Mr Butschek is the Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’) of Cubonic GmbH, a pioneering provider of sustainable, highly customizable electric LCV solutions offering automated to autonomous driving, seamless connectivity to customers’ ecosystems, peace-of-mind reliability and improved productivity and profitability. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Cheesecake Energy Limited, UK with effect from February 1, 2023.

Preceding that he was the CEO & MD of Tata Motors Limited (‘TML’) from February 15, 2016 to June 30, 2021, also serving on several TML affiliated company Boards as the Chairman or a Non-Executive Director. He possess prolific experience pertaining to automotive, e-mobility and aerospace industry. He has specialized knowledge in devising holistic strategies focusing on operational excellence, redesigning of product portfolios, execution of comprehensive business transformation processes, including sustainable business turnaround initiatives. 

Prior to this, he was engaged with Airbus, in the capacity of Global Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer Airbus Germany, member of the Management Board - Airbus Group and on various Supervisory Board Mandates. He has also performed in various management functions and in several global constituencies within the Daimler Group.

Ms Varsha Purandare

Non-Executive, Independent Director

Varsha Purandare has a varied experience of 36 years in credit, forex, treasury, capital markets, investment banking, SSI and private equity businesses of State Bank of India (SBI) & SBI Capital Markets Ltd (SBICAPS) across geographies domestic & globally. She also served various Boards & Committees of several businesses of SBI and other institutions. She was also the former MD & CEO of SBI Capital Market Limited. She was the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer/ Chief Risk Officer (CCO/CCRO) of State Bank of India ("SBI"), from May 2014 to November 2015. Presently, she also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of various companies.

Mr. Girish Wagh

Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Girish Wagh joined Tata Motors in 1992 as a Graduate Engineer Trainee after completing his Engineering degree from Pune University, and later obtained a post-graduate degree in Manufacturing Management from the S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research. Over the years, he has held various senior positions with increasing responsibilities across both the Passenger Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle business units. He has led cross-functional teams and successfully delivered game-changing projects such as the Tata ACE mini truck and new generation cars like Nano, Bolt, Zest, Tiago, Hexa and Tigor. He was recognised with awards such as the ‘Rising Star’ by the Automotive News Europe in 2011 and ‘CV Man of the Year’ at the Apollo CV Awards 2020.

In July 2017, Mr. Wagh was appointed President and Head of Commercial Vehicle Business Unit–Tata Motors and a member of the Executive Committee. He was appointed as an Executive Director of the company with effect from 1 July 2021.

P B Balaji

Non-Executive Director

Mr Pathamadai Balachandran Balaji has been associated with Tata Motors Limited’s since November 2017. Prior to his appointment at Tata Motors Limited, Mr Balaji was the Executive Director - Finance & IT and CFO at Hindustan Unilever Limited (‘HUL’) and a member of its Stakeholders’ Relationship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Risk Management Committees. Mr Balaji joined HUL as a Management Trainee in May 1993 and has worked in a number of roles in finance and supply chain over a period of 20 years. Mr Balaji was the Vice President, Finance for Unilever America, Supply Chain, based out of Switzerland, responsible for financial aspects of that supply chain. Prior to that, he was the Group Chief Accountant of Unilever worldwide based in London. Before moving to London, Mr Balaji served as the Vice President, Finance for the Home and Personal Care business in India and earlier as the Vice President, Treasury for the AAR region based out of Singapore. Mr Balaji was awarded the Best CFO in FMCG and Best CFO for “Creating Shared Value” by YES Bank—BW Business World, the All Asia 2017 award for Best CFO in Consumer by Institutional Investor, the CFO of the Year Award 2023 by the Financial Express and was honoured with the Economic Times Hall of Fame CFO Award 2025.