Livemint reports that Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry has set up a new group executive council (GEC) replacing the already existing group corporate centre (GCC) and group executive office (GEO). GEC will be headed by Mistry and its initial members are ex-BSE chief Madhu Kannan, N.S. Rajan from Ernst & Young and Mukund Govind Rajan. Kannan will head business development and public affairs while Govind Rajan will oversee brand, communication, ethics & CSR. N.S. Rajan will take charge as the new group chief human resource officer on May 9. 
The GEO and GCC were formed by Ratan Tata in late 90s to provide strategic direction to the Tata group. The same role will now be taken over by GEC.
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