TCS appoints two new independent directors

India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said it has appointed Hanne Birgitte Breinbjerg Sorensen and Keki M Mistry as additional and independent directors of the company for five years. They have been appointed with effect from Tuesday, TCS said in a regulatory filing.

The appointment is based on the recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and subject to the approval of shareholders, it added.

With this latest addition, the board now has six independent directors out of a total of 10 directors.

Sorensen has held various senior-level executive positions within the AP Moller-Maersk A/S Group in Denmark. In her recent executive roles, she was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Damco, a Dutch supply chain management company, from 2014 to 2016.