Ajit Krishnakumar
Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer at Tata Consumer Products
Tata Consumer Products•Mumbai, India
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Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer at Tata Consumer Products (NSE: TATACONSUM, BSE: 500800).Formerly an investment banker and advisor, with ~20 years of experience helping large, medium and small companies think through and execute their strategic, financial and M&A choices. Worked across a variety of industries and in several countries. At Tata, worked in the Group Chairman’s Office with strategy, corporate finance and M&A responsibilities for the consumer and other business verticals. Served as Tata Group nominee on the Boards of Directors of select affiliates as well as on various related forums. Helped lead the Group’s effort to consolidate its multiple consumer packaged goods businesses into a single platform, now labelled Tata Consumer Products. At Tata Consumer Products, oversee integration and transformation as well as the India supply chain and B2B businesses among other corporate responsibilities. Appointed to the Board of Directors in 2023.
Career Timeline
- Tata Consumer ProductsCurrent2020–Present· 6 yrs 8 mos
- Executive DirectorCurrent2023–Present
- Chief Operating Officer2020–Present
- 2013–2020· 7 yrs
- Senior Vice President, Chairman's Office2017–2020
- Senior Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions2013–2017
- 2009–2013· 4 yrs
- Director, Global Financial Advisory2009–2013
- 2003–2009· 6 yrs
- Vice President, Investment Banking2003–2009