PB Balaji

PB BALAJI

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr P B Balaji was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in November 2025.

Prior to this, Mr P B Balaji was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tata Motors Group, and also served as a non‑executive director on the Board of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). He was appointed to the JLR Board on December 7, 2017.

Mr Balaji is a global finance professional with almost three decades of experience in the corporate sector spanning the FMCG and Automotive industries.

In his role as the CFO of Tata Motors, he was part of the executive committee of Tata Motors and responsible for Tata Motors' financial performance, helping the Company make the right choices to seize the future while driving profitable and sustainable growth.

He is also on the Boards of Tata Consumer, Air India and Titan Industries. 

He started his career with Unilever in 1995 and worked in different corporate finance roles across Asian markets, Switzerland, UK and India. He joined Tata Motors after his last assignment with Hindustan Unilever, a USD 6 billion enterprise, where he headed the finance function as CFO.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, Mr Balaji also has a post‑graduate degree in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.