New President for TATA Consumer Products

Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) — the consumer products company connecting the food and beverage concern of the Tata Group. It has appointed Gharry Eccles as president, international business, effective 17 January 2022. Eccles has been placed in the position of Adil Ahmad who is set to retire from the packaged foods and beverages company on 31 May 2022 after a seven-year stint. Eccles will be based in Greenford, London.

Eccles joins the company from Cereal Partners Worldwide—a joint enterprise between Nestle and General Mills, where he was vice president, with business responsibility for the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand markets covering over 1,000 employees, 3 factories and 2 research and development centers. In earlier sessions—Eccles has worked across consumer products organizations such as PZ Cussons PLC, Muller Dairy Ltd, The Wrigley Company, and Kimberly Clarke, Europe.

TCPL draws 33% of its business from international markets—the rest comes from India. Across markets, TCPL sells tea, coffee, water, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks, and mini-meals. Tata Consumer Products is the second-largest branded tea company in the world.