Natarajan Chandrasekaran named Chairman of Tata Global Beverages

Tata Global Beverages Ltd (TGBL) on 3 July 2017 appointed Tata Sons head Natarajan Chandrasekaran as its Chairman with immediate effect.

The TGBL board approved the "appointment of N. Chandrasekaran as an additional director and as chairman of the board of the company in place of Harish Bhat who expressed a desire to step down as chairman."

The board also appointed Siraj Azmat Chaudhry as a Non-Executive Independent Director in the company.

About Natarajan Chandrasekaran

• Born in 1963, Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of Tata Sons.

• He took over as the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services on 6 November 2009 prior to which he was COO and Executive Director of TCS.

• He is one of the youngest CEOs within the Tata Group.

• In January 2017, he was selected to become the next chairman of Tata Sons.

• He assumed chairmanship on 21 February 2017 and soon after was announced the chairman of Tata Motors.