Tata Chemicals at the meeting of the board of the company held on November 26, 2008, appointed R Mukundan, Kapil Mehan and PK Ghose as executive directors of the company.
R Mukundan will be the Managing Director designate to take over as Managing Director of the company when the current Managing Director, Homi Khusrokhan retires in December 2008, upon reaching the age of superannuation.
The company also appointed EA Kshirshagar as additional director.
Profiles:
R Mukundan joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1990. He is an MBA from FMS, Delhi University and BE-Electrical Engineering from IIT, Roorkee. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2008. He joined Tata Chemicals in 2001 and has led various functions like strategy and business development, corporate quality and business excellence, corporate planning and manufacturing. As Executive Vice President since 2007, he presently heads the global chemicals business and the consumer products business. Prior to joining Tata Chemicals he worked in the Group's automotive and hospitality businesses.
Kapil Mehan joined Tata Chemicals in 1996. After graduating in veterinary sciences from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Mr Mehan obtained a postgraduate diploma in management from the IIM, Ahmedabad in 1981. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2008. He was appointed Executive Vice President, crop nutrition and agri business of Tata Chemicals in 2007. Before joining Tata Chemicals in 1996, he worked with Rallis India for over 14 years. During his 12 years with Tata Chemicals he has headed sales and marketing function for the company for all its product segments like industrial chemicals, fertilizers, cement, and FMCG products (Tata Salt).
PK Ghose joined Tata Chemicals in 2002 as the CFO. He is an honours graduate in commerce and a member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and is an alumnus of the Advanced International General Management Programme of CEDEP, France. He was elevated as Executive Vice President and CFO in 2007. Prior to joining Tata Chemicals, he was with Tata Steel and worked with subsidiaries of the Tata Steel Group in several senior positions, including General Manager (accounts), Chief Financial Controller (corporate) and chief of strategic finance.