10 facts about Ishaat Hussain new interim chairman of TCS Board

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Tata Sons on Thursday appointed Ishaat Hussain as Chairman of Board Of Directors after Cyrus Mistry was ousted as the holding company's Chairman.

Here are the 10 facts about Ishaat Hussain* Born on September 2, 1947, Ishaat Hussain completed his schooling from The Doon School in 1963 and joined St. Stephens College Delhi to pursue graduation in Economics.

* In November 2006, Hussain was appointed a Public Interest Director of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.

* In January 2008, he was appointed a Trustee on the board of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA).

* Hussain joined the Board of Tata Sons as an Executive Director on July 1, 1999.

* He took over as Finance Director of Tata Sons Ltd. in 2000

* Prior to joining Tata Sons, Hussain has worked as the senior vice-president and executive director – finance in Tata Steel for almost 10 years.

* Besides being on the board of Tata Sons Limited, Hussain is Chairman of Voltas Limited and Tata Sky Limited.

* He is also on the boards of several Tata Companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Industries, Tata Teleservices, Titan Industries Limited.