BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Non-Executive Board Members

• Ratan N. Tata, Chairman
• Laura Cha, Director
• Naresh Chandra, Director
• Prof. Clayton M Christensen, Director
• Aman Mehta, Director
• Dr. Ron Sommer, Director
• Venkatraman Thyagarajan, Director

Executive Board Members

• S. Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
• N. Chandrasekaran, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director
• S. Mahalingam,Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director
• Phiroz A Vandrevala, Executive Director and Head, Global Corporate Affairs

Leadership Team

* S. Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

* N. Chandrasekaran, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director

* S. Mahalingam, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director

* Phiroz A Vandrevala, Executive Director and Head, Global Corporate Affairs

Non-Executive Board Members

Ratan N. Tata (Chairman) Ratan N. Tata has been the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, since 1991. He is also the Chairman of the major Tata companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, Indian Hotels, Tata Teleservices and Tata AutoComp. During his tenure, the Group’s revenues have grown over eight-fold to annualised Group revenues of over $ 50 bn. Mr. Tata joined the Tata Group in December 1962. After serving in various companies, he was appointed the Director-in-Charge of The National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (NELCO) in 1971. In 1981, he was named Chairman of Tata Industries, the Group’s other holding company, where he was responsible for transforming it into a Group strategy think-tank, and a promoter of new ventures in high technology businesses. He is also the Chairman of two of the largest private sector promoted philanthropic trusts in India. Mr Tata is associated with various organizations in India and abroad. He is the Chairman of the Government of India’s Investment Commission and a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry, the National Hydrogen Energy Board and the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. He also serves on the International Investment Council set up by the President of the Republic of South Africa and the UK Prime Minister’s Business Council for Britain. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, the Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange and of the international advisory boards of the Mitsubishi Corporation, the American International Group, JP Morgan Chase and Rolls Royce. He also serves on the boards of Fiat SpA and Alcoa. Mr Tata is President of the Court of the Indian Institute of Science and Chairman of the Council of Management of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University and the University of Southern California and of the Foundation Board of the Ohio State University. He is also a member of the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS and the Programme Board of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's India AIDS Initiative. Mr. Tata received a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture with Structural Engineering from Cornell University in 1962. He worked briefly with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles, before returning to India in late 1962. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1975. The Government of India has announced that Mr. Tata will be honoured with its second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, later this year. Earlier, in 2000, he had been awarded the Padma Bushan. He has also been conferred an honorary doctorate in Business Administration by the Ohio State University, an honorary doctorate in Technology by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, an honorary doctorate in Science by the University of Warwick, and an honorary fellowship by the London School of Economics.