Bharat Wakhlu appointed resident director, Tata Services
November 7, 2007

Bharat Wakhlu, president of Tata Inc, has been appointed resident director, Tata Services, succeeding MA Pathan who recently retired from this position.

As president of Tata Inc, Wakhlu transformed the sixty-two year company, into a value-creating, profitable enterprise that offered steel solutions to Tata Steel’s key North American customers. He improved the visibility of the Tata brand in North America, reaching out to businesses, policy makers, members of the media and academia. As a result, there was a heightened awareness, and appreciation, of the Tata Group’s commitment to ethics in business, and to corporate citizenship.

Wakhlu joined the Group through TAS in 1985. He joined Tata Steel in 1986 and served the company in a variety of functions, notably, as the head of total quality, divisional manager of technical training, senior divisional manager corporate relations, the head of e-commerce and the chief of Tata Steel’s extensive supply chain. He has been instrumental in the creation and deployment of the precursor to the Group’s JRD QV model.

His appointment as resident director will be effective from January 1, 2008.