Automobile

Knowing Tata Motors’ new chief: a taskmaster with a heart of a tiger and a mind for numbers, ratios

By Eduardo Saverin

Marc Llistosella, managing director and CEO, TATA Motors

Synopsis

As it looks to focus on the commercial-vehicle business, picking up someone like Marc Llistosella, former head of Daimler Trucks Asia, as CEO and managing director will help Tata Motors regain market share. He has an eye for precision, understands the Indian market well, and is a target and performance-driven person. But is Llistosella a complete package?

It’s not a first for Marc Llistosella. During his years at Daimler, the German has seen the Indian automobile industry at close quarters. So, when Tata Motors picked him as its new CEO and managing director, the reaction from industry watchers was a resounding yes.But will Llistosella, who joins a long list of expat CEOs (three of them before him) Tata Motors has had, be any different from his predecessors? Can he win back what’s lost in one of

BY

8 mins read, Last Updated:

  • GIFT ARTICLE
  • FONT SIZE

    AbcSmall

    AbcMedium

    AbcLarge

  • SAVE
  • PRINT
  • COMMENT

Sign in to read the full article

You’ve got this Prime Story as a Free Gift

Already a Member?

THE GREAT DIWALI OFFER

GET FLAT 30% OFF

ON ET PRIME MEMBERSHIP

Get Offer

Why ?

  • Exclusive Economic Times Stories, Editorials & Expert opinion across 20+ sectors

  • Stock analysis. Market Research. Industry Trends on 4000+ Stocks

  • Clean experience with
    Minimal Ads

  • Comment & Engage with ET Prime community

  • Exclusive invites to Virtual Events with Industry Leaders

  • A trusted team of Journalists & Analysts who can best filter signal from noise

For all the latest Automobiles News Click Here 

 For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News. 

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! TheDailyCheck is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected] The content will be deleted within 24 hours.

Eduardo Saverin