Board of Directors

Mr Cyrus P Mistry,
Chairman

Mr Cyrus Mistry has been appointed Chairman of Tata Global Beverages Limited. He was inducted  on the Board of Tata Global Beverages Limited in June 2012. A director of Tata Sons Limited since 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons Limited in November 2011. Mr Mistry joined the board of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co as director in 1991 and was appointed managing director of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group in 1994. He is a graduate of civil engineering from Imperial College London (1990) and has an MSc in management from London Business School (1997). Mr Mistry is also a director of Tata Industries, Tata Power, Tata Teleservices, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Tata Chemicals

Mr R K Krishna Kumar,
Vice-Chairman

Mr R K Krishna Kumar served as Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Limited (formerly Tata Tea Limited) from May 1991 to January 1998. He was appointed Vice-Chairman and Managing Director in 1997. In 1998, he ceased to be the Managing Director to take over as the Managing Director of the Indian Hotels Co Ltd. He is also on the boards of a number of Tata Group companies, including Tata Sons Limited and Tata Industries Limited. He is also the Trustee of several important Tata Trusts. Mr Krishna Kumar has been associated with the tea industry for over 40 years. He has long and rich experience in overall business management of Indian and overseas bodies. Mr Krishna Kumar was conferred with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India in 2008.

Mr Harish Bhat

Mr Harish Bhat is CEO and Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Limited. Mr. Harish Bhat holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad where he was ranked first in the graduating batch, winning the IIMA Gold Medal for Scholastic Excellence and also holds a B.E. (Hons.) degree in Electrical and Electronics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, where he graduated first class with distinction and was ranked first in the graduating batch. He joined the Tata Group as TAS probationer in 1987 and has completed 25 years. He was previously with Tata Tea Limited from 1988 to 2000 holding various positions. Most recently he was with Titan Industries Limited as Chief Operating Officer – Watches & Accessories Division where he led the world’s fifth largest watches business with success. Mr. Bhat was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship for Young Managers by Govt. of United Kingdom in 1997.

Mr Darius Pandole

Mr Darius Pandole is an Independent Director on the Board of Tata Global Beverages Limited. Mr. Pandole holds a BA (Economics) degree from Harvard (1988) and an MBA from the University of Chicago (1992). He is a Partner at New Silk Route Advisors Pvt. Ltd, a private equity firm focused on investing in India and other Asian economies. Mr. Pandole had earlier worked with Kraft General Foods in the US and returned to India in 1993 and managed the operations of his family owned soft drinks business, Duke and Sons Limited, which was a market leader in Western India. He served as Managing Director of IndAsia Fund Advisors Pvt. Ltd., the Indian advisor to the AMP-IndAsia India Fund – a private equity fund established in partnership with AMP of Australia. Mr. Pandole joined IDFC PE Ltd. in February 2003, and was the Executive Director, and later Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Pandole is currently an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.

Mr F K Kavarana

Mr F K Kavarana has a rich background in business management and finance. Mr Kavarana has long experience in management and administration of several large Tata companies both in India and abroad. He is presently the Chairman of several Tata companies, including the financial services companies of the Tata Group.

Mr U M Rao

Mr U M Rao was formerly the Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India from which he retired in July 1998. Mr Rao has long experience in all facets of insurance and risk management as well as administration and management of companies. He is also a Director on the boards of Tata Coffee Limited and Ispat Industries Limited.

Mr J S Bilimoria

Mr J S Bilimoria was the Managing Director and Country Head of Ciba Specialty Chemicals India Limited in India. He joined the Company’s Board on 25 March 2009. He has been associated with the Ciba group since 1997 and has held various positions in Ciba viz. Finance Director, Managing Director & Country Head, and Vice Chairman & Managing Director, and Chairman. Besides operational responsibilities he was actively involved in various acquisition opportunities, restructuring of businesses and integration of new opportunities including joint ventures and strategic alliances and actively contributed to the merger between Sandoz & Hindustan Ciba Geigy in formation of Novartis India Limited, and subsequent demerger of the chemical businesses to form Ciba Specialty Chemicals India Limited. Mr Bilimoria also served as a member on the Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and the Indo Swiss Business Forum.

Mr V Leeladhar

Mr V Leeladhar has a long experience in the banking industry having served as the Executive Director of the Bank of Maharashtra, Chairman and Managing Director of Vijaya Bank and Chairman and Managing Director of Union Bank of India. He also served as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for over four years. Mr Leeladhar is an expert on banking and finance-related issues. He was also a member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India for about three years. His expertise is in the area of banking and finance.

Mrs Mallika Srinivasan

Mrs Mallika Srinivasan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, a flagship company of the Amalgamations Group. A thought leader and strategist, recognised for her commitment to excellence and contribution to Indian Industry, she has been at the helm of affairs of industry bodies and trade associations such as Tractor Manufacturers Association, Madras Management Association, Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Southern Regional Council of CII. She is also a director of five other Indian companies. She is a recipient of several business awards and has also been recognised by Business Today for seven consecutive years as one of the 25 most powerful women in Indian business. She shares an avid interest in academia, particularly management education and is a member of the Executive Board of Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Mr Analjit Singh

Mr Analjit Singh is the Chairman of Max India Limited as well as its subsidiaries Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited, Max Healthcare Institute Limited and Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited. He has been the driving force behind the group’s sustained growth and success since inception. He was conferred the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for the year 2011.

Mr Singh is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Joint Indo-US CEO’s Forum. He is the non-executive Chairman of Indus Towers and is a director on the board of some leading Indian companies such as Tata Global Beverages, Vodafone Essar, Hero MotoCorp Ltd, Dabur India and Sofina NV/SA, Belgium.

Mr Singh is actively involved in governing several educational institutes of prominence as an Executive Board Member of the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, and as Chairman of the new ISB Mohali Campus Advisory Board. He is also the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Doon School, Dehradun and recently appointed as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Mrs Ranjana Kumar

Mrs Ranjana Kumar retired as Vigilance Commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission, Government of India. She was also a Member, Governing Council, National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad. She had held very significant positions in her career, including that as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Indian Bank, Chairperson of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Executive Director, holding concurrent charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank and CEO of the US operations of the Bank of India based in New York. She regularly addresses managements of a cross-section of public sector undertakings on various aspects concerning management, leadership, issues relating to human resource management, etc.

Mr Ajoy K Misra

Ajoy K Misra is Director and Executive Director on the Board of Directors of Tata Global Beverages Limited. Ajoy is based at our Corporate office in Mumbai
and has additional responsibilities of overseeing the Global Beverages operations as its Deputy CEO. He was with Indian Hotels for nearly 30 years and was leading its sales and marketing function in his most recent assignment. His prior roles include heading Sales for the Taj Group and being Area Director in the Sri Lanka and Maldives regions. Ajoy is a Civil Engineering graduate from BITS Pilani and holds an MBA from FMS, Delhi University.