Tata group to invest over Rs 45,000 cr, expand globally: Cyrus Mistry

Tata group will invest more than Rs 45,000 crore on various businesses over next two years and would look to expand its presence in global markets besides in India, the group's new chief Cyrus P Mistry today said.

In his first message as Chairman of Tata Sons Ltd, the holding company of over USD 100-billion salt-to-software conglomerate, Mistry also said the 'core of the Tata group' will remain unchanged despite change in its leadership and asked the group companies to play leadership roles in their respective businesses.

44-year old Mistry has taken over as head of Tata group from Ratan Tata, who retired on December 28 after spending nearly 50 years with the group including 21 years as Chairman.

In a message to employees, Mistry said the group has evolved into a global conglomerate with an "incredible" size of over USD 100 billion under Ratan Tata's leadership.

"Handing over of the responsibility of Chairmanship brings with it the winds of change, but the core of the Tata Group must and will remain unchanged," the new chief said.

"... without this core DNA that is uniquely Tata, there is nothing to differentiate us from our peers," Mistry said.

Noting that the group has invested over Rs 50,000 crore in the past three years across various businesses while creating over 85,000 jobs, Mistry said plans have been put in place "for additional investments in excess of Rs 45,000 crore over the following two years."

The group's headcount was nearly 4.56 lakh at the end of fiscal year 2011-12.

"Apart from India, we will be required to work to both deepen and widen our global engagement with an emphasis on emerging markets in Asia, Africa and parts of Latin America, adding to our existing presence in Europe and America," he said.

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