N Chandrasekaran is also the chairman of Tata Sons.
new Delhi:
The Tata group has announced that Natarajan Chandrasekharna will be the chairman of Air India, his appointment was confirmed by the board on Monday.
The Tata group had earlier announced Turkey’s Ilkar Ayci as the chief executive of Air India, but that appointment faced a lot of opposition in India.
As a result, Turkey’s Ilkar Ayci declined to become the chief executive officer of Tata’s Air India.
Mr. Chandrasekaran is the chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of over 100 Tata operating companies. He joined the board of Tata Sons in October 2016 and was appointed chairman in January 2017.
He is also the chairman of the boards of several group operating companies including Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – of which he was the chief executive officer from 2009-17.
His appointment as chairman comes after a 30-year professional career at TCS, which he took admission in from the university. He rose through the ranks at TCS to become the CEO and Managing Director of a leading global IT solutions and consulting firm.
Mr. Chandrasekaran became the first non-Parsi and professional executive to head the Tata Group.