Mumbai: Tata Chemicals today announced the appointment of Mr. Homi Khusrokhan as Managing Director with effect from October 16, 2006. Mr. Khusrokhan has been with Tata Chemicals since April 2004 as Executive Director.

Mr. Khusrokhan takes over the role from Mr. Prasad R. Menon, who has been at the helm of the company for the past 6 years and will now move on to Tata Power as its Managing Director.

Between 2001 and 2004, Mr. Khusrokhan was the Managing Director of Tata Tea Limited, where he strived to build brands like Tata Tea, Agni and Tetley and played a key role in the company's growth, both in the domestic and international markets. Prior to his assignment with the Tata Group, Mr. Khusrokhan was the Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline for 5 years.

About Tata Chemicals Ltd.
Established in 1939, Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is India's leading manufacturer of inorganic chemicals, fertilizers and food additives. Part of the $22 billion Tata Group, the company owns and operates the largest and the most integrated inorganic chemicals complex in the country at Mithapur, Gujarat. The company's state of art fertilizer complex at Babrala, Uttar Pradesh, is known for its world class energy efficiency standards, and has won several awards in the field of environmental conservation, community development and safety. TCL' s phosphatic fertilizer complex at Haldia in West Bengal is currently the only manufacturing unit for DAP /NPK complexes in West Bengal.

The company has an annual turnover of over Rs.4100 crore (consolidated) and employs over 3000 personnel. The acquisition of an equal partnership in Indo Maroc Phosphore S.A. (IMACID) along with Chambal Fertilizers and global phosphate major, OCP of Morocco recently, were the first steps that TCL took towards internationalization. In 2006, TCL acquired Brunner Mond in the U.K., making it the world's third largest producer of Soda ash with manufacturing locations in three continents.