OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Sons, the investment holding company of the Tata group, today appointed Mr. Sunil Sinha as Resident Director, Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region and announced the intention to establish an office in Dubai for the MENA region, in collaboration with Tata International. The office's objective is to further enhance and strengthen Tata Sons' engagement with all stakeholders in the MENA region, facilitating business growth for Tata group companies, especially in focus sectors that are crucial to development in MENA and are of strategic interest to the group. The MENA office will report into Mr. Madhu Kannan, Member, Group Executive Council, Tata Sons.

Mr. Sinha has been in the Tata group for over 31 years, most recently as the CEO of Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS). At TQMS, Mr. Sinha has been instrumental in driving the agenda of Business Excellence, Management of Business Ethics, Innovation, Sustainability, Corporate Governance and Safety in group companies. He currently serves on the Board and Audit Committee of Tata Auto Comp Hendrickson Suspensions Pvt. Ltd. and the Advisory Board of the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL). In 2009, Mr. Sinha was nominated by Businessweek magazine as one of the world's 25 'Masters of Innovation'. During his Tata career, he has also worked in Tata Steel and Tata International and gained functional experience in the areas of International Marketing, Shipping and Chartering, Project Management and Human Resources.

Mr. Sinha graduated in mechanical engineering from the Bihar College of Engineering, Patna, in 1982. He completed the Advanced Management Programme from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, in 2004, and the Advanced Strategic Management Programme at IMD, Lausanne, in 2011.