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Tata Motors Names Shailesh Chandra MD & CEO as It Aligns Leadership for Planned Demerger

The reshuffle aligns management with a planned split of passenger and commercial businesses, emphasizing continuity in electric vehicles.

Overview

  • Shailesh Chandra will take charge as Managing Director and CEO of Tata Motors on October 1, 2025, for a three-year term through September 30, 2028.
  • Girish Wagh will step down as Executive Director on October 1 and become Managing Director and CEO of the proposed listed TML Commercial Vehicles Ltd.
  • Chandra will continue to lead Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, underscoring the company’s intent to maintain momentum in its EV strategy.
  • Group CFO PB Balaji will resign on November 17, 2025, to become CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, with Dhiman Gupta appointed Tata Motors CFO effective the same date; Balaji’s addition to Tata Motors’ board is subject to shareholder approval.
  • Board changes include the exits of Hanne Sorensen, K V Chowdary and Guenter Karl Butschek around September 30–October 1, 2025, the appointment of Sudha Krishnan as an independent director from October 1 subject to shareholder approval, and redeployments to JLR and the CV entity.