Tata Sons appoints Banmali Agrawala as President for realty, infra vertical

Tata Sons on Wednesday announced the appointment of Banmali Agrawala as the President of Infrastructure, Defence and Aerospace vertical, will effect from October 1.

The 54-year-old inustry veteran will reportedly handle the realty and infrastructure vertical of the group that covers Tata Power, Tata Realty, Tata Housing and Voltas, and will report directly to Tata Sons' head Natarajan Chandrasekaran.

Agrawala earlier served as the president and CEO for GE South Asia and was responsible for all of GE's operations in the region.

Banmali also served as a member of the Bboard of directors and the executive director - strategy and business development as Tata Power. He was also nominated to the board of other Tata Group companies and joint ventures.

Prior to Tata Power, Banmali was with the Wartsila Group for over twenty one years and at the time of leaving the group, he was the Managing Director of Wartsila India Limited and a member of Wartsila Global Power Plant Management Board.