Nandakumar S. Tirumalai has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Tata Chemicals with effect from April 1, 2021 in place of John Mulhall.

Nandakumar, 49 years, joined the Tata Group in 2012 as Head – Treasury and Investor relations in Tata Power after which he assumed the role of Financial Controller and Chief – Subsidiaries Finance. In 2018, he moved to Titan Company as Vice President – Corporate Finance and subsequently in 2019 began overseeing the entire finance function including Corporate Finance, business finance and subsidiaries.

He graduated as a Bachelor of Commerce from Bangalore University in 1991 and became a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India & Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India in 1994.

Nandakumar has around 27 years post qualification experience in areas of Treasury & Investors relations, financial controllership, financial planning and analysis, business finance, Subsidiaries Management and M&A in diverse industry verticals (FMCG, Agri commodities, financial services, Textiles, Apparel, Infrastructure and Retail) in multi-cultural environments.

Before joining the Tata Group in 2012, Nandakumar started his career as a Management Trainee in 1994 with Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), after which he spent 12 years in ITC Limited in various roles, Reliance Securities as CFO (2007-2009) and thereafter in Raymond as Director – Treasury, Retail and FMCG.