Board of Directors

Mr. Noel Tata

Chairman

Mr. N. N. Tata was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company in August 2010 and thereafter as Chairman of the Company in March 2014.

Prior to that, Mr. Tata served as the Managing Director of the Company for more than 11 years where he has overseen the growth of Trent across formats. Mr. Tata was associated with Tata International Limited, as the Managing director from August 2010 to November 2021, where he grew the company from a turnover of USD 500 million to over USD 3 billion.

Mr. Tata has been associated with the Tata group for over 40 years. He currently serves on the Board of various Tata Group Companies, including as the Chairman of Tata International Limited, Voltas & Tata Investment Corporation and as the Vice Chairman of Tata Steel and Titan Company Limited.

He also serves as a Trustee on the Board of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.

Mr. Tata graduated from Sussex University (UK) and has completed the International Executive Programme (IEP) from INSEAD.

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat

Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director

Mr. Bhaskar Bhat is on the Board of the Company since September 2010.

Mr. Bhaskar joined the Titan Company Limited (erstwhile Tata Watch Project) in 1983, He then took over as Managing Director of Titan in April 2002 and held the position till his superannuation in September 2019. Mr. Bhaskar has engineered the creation of many brands including pioneering the concept of franchising and retailing in Watches, Jewellery, Eyewear and Precision Engineering.

He currently serves on the Board of various companies including Titan Company Limited, Rallis India Limited, Tata SIA Airlines Limited, Bosch Limited, Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited, Tata Sons Private Limited and Caratlane Trading Private Limited etc.

Mr. Bhaskar is a B. Tech (Mechanical Engineering) degree holder of IIT - Madras, and a Post Graduate Diploma Holder in Management from IIM – Ahmedabad. He was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Madras in 2008.

Mr. Harish Bhat

Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director

Mr. Harish Bhat is on the Board of the Company since April 2014.

Mr. Bhat was the Brand Custodian at Tata Sons. He joined the Tata Group in 1987, as an officer in the Tata Administrative Service (TAS). During his career with the Tata Group, he has held several senior leadership roles. These include stints as Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of the Watches and Jewellery Businesses of Titan Company Ltd., and the Telecom business of the Group.

He is on the Boards of several Tata Companies, including Tata Starbucks Pvt. Ltd., Infiniti Retail Ltd., and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited.

Mr. Bhat is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. Jayesh Merchant

Independent Director

Mr. Jayesh Merchant is on the board of the Company since August 2020.

Mr Merchant has held several leadership positions in various reputed companies such as Asian Paints, UTV Software Communications, ION Exchange India and Castrol. He last held the position as CFO and Company Secretary, President – Industrial JVs of Asian Paints.

Currently he is a Director on the Board of Voltas Limited, Quasar Consolidated Services, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited, Manjushree Technopack Limited, Kotak Mahindra Trustee Company, Lenskart Solutions and Nexus Select Mall Management Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Merchant is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He is Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law from Mumbai University.

Ms. Susanne Given

Independent Director

Ms. Susanne Given is on the Board of the Company since November 2020.

Ms. Susanne has a rich experience in technology, retail, etc and has held several responsible positions in various reputed companies viz. House of Fraser-UK, Homebase UK, Best Blooms-UK, Harrods-UK, TK Maxx-UK, John Lewis Partnership-UK and Supergroup-UK.

Currently she is a Director on the Board of Made.com, Hush Homewear Ltd., and Forward Partners.

Mr. Ravneet Singh Gill

Independent Director

Mr. Ravneet Gill is on the Board of the Company since December 2021.

Mr Gill has extensive banking experience across structured financing, foreign exchange, transaction banking, risk management and private banking. He has served as the Managing Director & CEO of Yes Bank during 2019-2020. Prior to joining Yes Bank, Mr. Gill was the Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank in India and was also a member of Deutsche Bank AG’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee since July 2012.

He is also a Director on the Board of several companies like New Horizons Esports, Eduent Catalysts, New Horizons Alliance, Big Bang Media Ventures and Big Bang Esports Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Gill holds a Master’s degree from Hindu College, Delhi University.

Ms. Hema Ravichandar

Independent Director

Ms. Hema Ravichandar is on the Board of the Company since December 2021.

Ms Hema has a strong professional track record as a Strategic HR Advisor with extensive industry experience advising several Indian and multinational corporations. Until 2005 she was the Senior Vice-President and Global Head of Human Resources for Infosys Technologies Limited.

She is also a Director on the Board of several companies such as Marico Limited, Bosch Limited, Indian Hotels Company Limited, etc.

Ms. Hema is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Johannes Holtzhausen

Independent Director

Mr. Johannes is on the Board of the Company since April 2022.

He has a rich and extensive experience in the retail industry, both in clothing and food. In a wide career span of over 50 years, he has held prominent positions as retail buyer / procurement manager at Pep Stores, CEO at Ackermans, Director at OK Bazaars, Partner at Pie City and Director at Shoprite Checkers. He was associated with Spinneys Dubai LLC as the CEO from December 2001 till September 2020.

Mr. Johannes holds an honors degree in Business Management and Administration from Stellenbosch Business School and has a BA degree in Social Science from the University of Stellenbosch.

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Independent Director

Ms. Kiran is on the Board of the Company since April 2024.

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is a pioneering biotech entrepreneur, a healthcare visionary, a global influencer, and a passionate philanthropist. She is a founder of Biocon.

She is the proud recipient of two of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Shri (1989) and the Padma Bhushan (2005). She has also been honoured with the Order of Australia (2020), Australia's highest civilian honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour (2016), the highest French civilian distinction. She has been conferred with the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2020 Award, which is a testimony to her entrepreneurial journey of over four decades.

She holds B.Sc. in Zoology Hons. from Bangalore University and Post-Graduate Diploma, Malting and Brewing from Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, Melbourne, Australia. She also holds honorary doctorates from several prestigious universities including Deakin University, Victoria, Australia; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Ballarat University, Australia; Presidency University, Kolkata, India; Bennett University, Greater Noida, India etc.

Mr. P. Venkatesalu

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. P. Venkatesalu has been appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in October 2021. Prior to that he held the position of Executive Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer.

Mr P. Venkatesalu joined Trent in 2008 and has been with the Company for over 15 years and continues to pioneer Trent’s successful journey from strength to strength.

Prior to Trent, he was associated with Tata Administrative Services since 2001 and was formerly with Tata Sons Limited as a part of the Group Finance team.

Mr. P. Venkatesalu holds Master’s in Management from Symbiosis (SIIB) Pune and CFA from ICFAI and is an alumni of Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Programme).