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Tata Steel Group Announces New Organizational Structure

In support of its quest to become one of the leading players in the global steel industry, Tata Steel Group has announced a new organization that becomes effective January 1, 2008.
 
Tata Steel Chairman Ratan Tata will continue to chair the Strategy and Integration Committee. Members of this Committee will include Jim Leng, B Muthuraman, Philippe Varin, Tridibesh Mukherjee, Rauke Henstra, Hemant Nerurkar, Koushik Chatterjee, and Jean-Sébastien Jacques.
   
The new organization includes a Group Centre that has been created for functions that are to be performed with a common approach across the Tata Steel Group. These functions include Technology & Integration, Finance, Strategy, Corporate Relations & Communications, and Global Minerals. Executives responsible for these functions will report to the Managing Director of Tata Steel and the CEO of Corus. These executives include:
 
  • Tridibesh Mukherjee, who has beenis appointed as Group Director, Technology & Integration
  • Koushik Chatterjee, who has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer
  • Jean-Sébastien Jacques, who has been appointed as Group Director, Strategy
  • Manzer Hussain, who has been appointed as Group Director, Communications
  • Arun D. Baijal, who has been appointed as Group Director Global Minerals
 
Tata Steel will have an Executive Committee chaired by Managing Director B. Muthuraman, and Corus will have an Executive Committee chaired by CEO Philippe Varin.
 
A Joint Executive Committee for Tata Steel Group will meet quarterly to review overall performance against the Group’s goals. This committee will be co-chaired by the Managing Director of Tata Steel and the CEO of Corus.
 
Tata Steel Group comprises two entities: Tata Steel (which includes Tata Steel Thailand and NatSteel Asia) and Corus Group Ltd.