Tata Sons appoints Roopa Purushothaman as Chief Economist, Head of Policy Advocacy

Tata Sons on Thursday announced the appointment of Roopa Purushothaman as Chief Economist and Head of Policy Advocacy, effective September 1.

In her role, Purushothaman will drive the macro-economic research as well as all policy and advocacy initiatives as relevant to the businesses of the Tata Group.

Roopa joins Tata Sons from Everstone Capital, where she was leading the research function. Prior to that, she was with Goldman Sachs International as Vice President and Global Economist. Additionally, she has published research papers covering a wide range of topics, including the path-breaking research on BRICS countries.

Earlier, the company appointed Banmali Agrawala as the President of Infrastructure, Defence and Aerospace vertical, with effect from October 1.

The 54-year-old industry 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.