Harish Bhat
Brand Custodian
Harish joined the Tata Group in 1987, as an officer in the Tata Administrative Service. He is Chairman of Tata Coffee Ltd. He is also a Director on the Boards of several other Tata Companies, including Titan Company Ltd., Trent Ltd., Tata Starbucks Pvt. Ltd., Infiniti Retail Ltd., Tata Unistore Ltd., and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company.
During his career of 30 years with the Tata Group, Mr. Bhat has served in several senior roles. These include stints as Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of the Watches and Jewellery businesses of Titan Company, and also in the telecom business of the Group. He has played a key role in several strategic moves over the past two decades, including the launch and nurturing of many iconic brands of the Tata Group, the successful turnaround of the jewellery business, as well as the acquisition of Tetley.
Harish holds a BE from BITS Pilani and a PGP from IIM Ahmedabad.