Homi R Khusrokhan was appointed managing director of Tata Chemicals (TCL) in October 2006. Earlier, he was Executive Director of Tata Chemicals and, before that, managing director of Tata Tea from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining the Tata Group, Mr Khusrokhan worked for Glaxo Laboratories (India) for 29 years, rising to become managing director of Burroughs Wellcome in 1995 and MD of both Glaxo and Wellcome (India) in 1996, a position he held till he retired in 2000. During his tenure, the company was voted as the 'most respected company in India', in a 1999 Business World survey.

Having obtained his BCom (Hons) from the Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics at the University of Bombay, Mr Khusrokhan qualified as a chartered accountant (CA), served his articles with A F Ferguson & Co in Bombay, and then went on to obtain the postgraduate degree of MSc (Econ) in accounting and finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then worked with the Ford Motor Company in the UK for three years, before returning to India to join Glaxo.

Mr Khusrokhan was very active in industry affairs, in the pharma industry and otherwise. He was president of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India and vice president of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is married and has two children, a boy and a girl, both in the US.