BBC: Ratan Tata successor sought
 

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Rumors of Ratan Tata's retirement from the international corporation he helms as CEO have been buzzing around the internet <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/01/needs-image-global-search-reportedly-on-to-find-successor-for/">for over a year</a>, but they've recently been lent a little credence. According to <em>BBC News</em>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/tata">Tata Group</a> has assembled a five-person panel to find a suitable successor to the company's throne. It had previously been suggested that the 79-year-old Tata would retire by the end of 2012. The panel hopes to locate a new CEO by March of next year, providing a bit of overlap between the incoming and outgoing regimes. In the past, Tata Group has kept the boss's seat within the family, though there is some speculation that a few outsiders are favored for the post.<br />
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BBC News reports that other media outlets have pointed to Noel Tata, Ratan Tata's half brother and head of the Tata Group's international operations, as a strong candidate for the CEO position. Other possibilities include Arun Sarin, who once headed Vodofone, and Nusli Wadia, a textiles chairman. At this point, it remains unclear whether Ratan Tata will retain some influence over the corporation he helped save from financial doom post-retirement or if he'll leave the decision making to his successor. Either way, the next few months should be interesting for the company.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10892185">BBC News</a> | Image: AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/bbc-ratan-tata-successor-sought/">BBC: Ratan Tata successor sought</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/bbc-ratan-tata-successor-sought/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19584159/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/06/bbc-ratan-tata-successor-sought/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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