Noel Naval Tata
Director
Noel Naval Tata serves as Chairman, Tata Trusts and in that capacity chairs all the Trusts that comprise the Tata Trusts. Prior to this appointment, he was a Trustee on the Boards of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and Sir Ratan Tata Trust.
Mr Noel N Tata has been associated with the Tata group for over 40 years and currently serves on the Board of various Tata group companies, including as the Chairman of Trent Limited, Tata International Limited, Voltas Limited and Tata Investment Corporation Limited, and as the Vice Chairman of Tata Steel and Titan Company Limited.
His last executive assignment was as the Managing Director of Tata International Limited, the trading and distribution arm of the Tata group, between August 2010 and November 2021, where he grew the company from a turnover of USD 500 mn to over USD 3 bn. Prior to Tata International, Mr Tata served as the Managing Director of Trent Limited for more than 11 years, where he has overseen the growth of Trent across formats – from a one store operation in 1998 to over 800 stores across formats today.
Mr Tata graduated from Sussex University (UK) and has completed the International Executive Programme (IEP) from INSEAD.
He is the son of Mr Naval H Tata and Mrs Simone N Tata. He is married to Mrs Aloo Tata and they have three children, Leah, Maya and Neville.