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Mr. Ratan N. Tata
Chairman Emeritus
Mr. Ratan Tata was the Chairman of Tata Sons from 1991 till his retirement on December
28, 2012. He was also chairman of the major Tata companies, including Tata Motors, Tata
Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Indian
Hotels and Tata Teleservices. During his tenure, the group’s revenues grew manifold, Integrated Report
totalling over $100 billion in 2011-12. He is the chairman of the Tata Trusts which are
amongst India's oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organizations that work in several
areas of community development. He is the chairman of the Council of Management of
the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and also serves on the board of trustees of
Cornell University and the University of Southern California.

Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker is a Certi ed Public Accountant (USA) and a Diploma holder Statutory Reports
in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. She is the
Managing Partner of B. K. Khare & Co., one of the leading Indian accounting rms.
She has wide experience in the areas of audit, taxation, corporate nance, risk
management, corporate governance, M&A, and restructuring. She has been an
independent, non-executive director of Tata Chemicals Limited since April 2018.

Mr. R. Mukundan
Managing Director and CEO
An engineer from IIT Roorkee, Mr. R. Mukundan joined the Tata Administrative Service
in 1990, after completing an MBA from FMS, Delhi University. He is also an alumnus
of the Harvard Business School. During his career with the Tata group, he has held
various responsibilities across the chemical, automotive and hospitality sectors
of the group. Financial Statements

Mr. Zarir Langrana
Executive Director
An economics graduate from the University of Madras with post-graduation in business
management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, Mr. Langrana has also attended advanced
executive development programmes at Harvard Business School. During thirty years at
Tata Chemicals, he has led the corporate strategy and business development functions,
and headed the global marketing function for the chemicals business. Appointed an
executive director in April 2018, Mr. Langrana currently heads the Global Chemicals
Business and the new ventures in Nutraceuticals and Silica.

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