Tata Consumer Products (TCP), the consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella, has appointed Tarun N P Varma as Global Chief Human Resources Officer. Tarun has succeeded Amit Chincholikar, who will be moving from TCP.

 In his new role, Tarun will primarily be responsible for developing a competitive and compelling employee value proposition (EVP) for TCP’s global organisation besides embedding an integrated people agenda to accelerate delivery across all the pillars of TCP’s business strategy. 

Tarun comes with over two decades of experience, having joined Tata Consumer Products from Shell Plc. where he last served as Vice President - HR for the Global Technology division. He earlier led the HR function for Shell Group of Companies in India. Prior to this, he held multiple HR leadership roles across leading multinational corporations such as Vodafone, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, and Nestle.

On the new appointment, Sunil D'Souza, said " Tarun’s belief in the power of DE&I, building organisation capability and his experience in diverse HR roles across leading companies and sectors will help us further strengthen and accelerate our people agenda.”

“The FMCG sector is evolving rapidly and I look forward to helping build a strong and progressive people agenda to enable TCP’s transformation & growth ambition,” said Tarun.