N. Chandrasekaran

He is the Chairman of the Board of Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of over 100 Tata operating companies with aggregate annual revenues of more than US$ 100 billion. He joined the Board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed Chairman in January 2017. He also chairs the Boards of several other operating Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Indian Hotels and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — of which he was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director from 2009-17. His appointment as Chairman followed a 30-year business career at TCS. He was also appointed as a Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2016. He is an active member of India’s bilateral business forums and has served as the Chairman of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM). He is also a member of the High-level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility formed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.