Tata Motors Sees Flurry of Top-Tier Exits Before Split

Tata Motors Ltd has seen a bevy of senior executives quit as the automaker splits its operations to create separate car and truck-making units to better compete in each category and unlock value.

- Devina Sengupta & Nehal Chaliawala

Mint is aware of at least half a dozen such departures since August, all in the ranks of team heads or above.

These include Biswaroop Mukherjee, who was head of human resource for the commercial vehicles business unit; Anurag Mehrotra, vice-president for international business and strategy; Vinay Pant, chief marketing officer-passenger vehicles; Vinay Pathak, head of product planning and program management-commercial vehicles; Sampada Inamdar, head of training and development; and Devendra Katiyar, chief safety officer.

Ashish Tandon, senior general manager (small commercial vehicles), also quit during this period.

Two of these executives have joined Tata Motors' rivals. Mehrotra now heads JSW MG Motor India as its managing director, and Tandon is global head-customer excellence at Euler Motors. Mukherjee has since joined Aker Solutions as vice president-people and transformation.