Is there likely to be a leadership change at the helm of Tata Sons?

Not likely as of now, if you go by the statements coming from the chairman of Tata Sons and from Mr. Ratan Tata. N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, clarified that there were no such plans. Ratan Tata also dismissed these as pure rumours. Bloomberg had earlier reported that Tata Sons was planning to create a CEO role in the structure and that the CEO would report to the current chairman, Mr. Chandrasekharan.

The idea was that having a professional CEO would bring in greater transparency and corporate governance standards would improve. Speculation has been rife in recent times about a change since Chandra’s tenure at the helm of Tata Sons ends in Feb-22. It remains to be seen if the contract would be renewed or whether the group would go for a management structure rehaul of Tata Sons.