OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Sons announced appointment of Shankar Venkateswaran as Chief - Tata Sustainability Group with the responsibility of driving group level initiatives in the sustainability space, and guiding Tata Sons and the group companies on sustainability and CSR initiatives.

Venkateswaran will report directly to Mukund Rajan, Member - Group Executive Council, Brand Custodian and Chief Ethics Officer, Tata Sons, a company statement said.

Before joining Tata Sons, Shankar was with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India as Director - Sustainability. A mechanical engineer from IIT Madras and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, he has over 31 years of experience of working in the corporate & development sectors.