Govt. replaces Mistry at Indo-UK CEO forum

TIL Desk/Business/Mumbai-With days to go for the Indo-UK Tech Summit from November 7 to 9 in New Delhi, much of what is to come is shrouded in mystery. The biggest question mark is on the leadership of the CEO forum, which will be part of the summit when United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May visits India from November 6 to 8. While Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last week, has been head of the CEO forum from India’s side, a decision has been taken to make a change.

An official working on the Indo-UK summit said Mistry would be replaced at the CEO forum. The new head will be from the forum, but “it’s work in progress”. Among others, Bharti group Chairman Sunil Mittal’s name did the rounds for the new co-chair of the Indo-UK CEO Forum. The Prime Minister’s Office will take a decision on the new name and is likely to be announced closer to the event.

Ratan Tata, who became the interim chairman of Tata Sons last week after Mistry’s ouster, is listed as a VIP speaker at the Indo-UK summit. Apart from the uncertainty around who would head the CEO forum from the Indian side, the programme and the delegation list, too, have not been revealed yet by the event organisers and partners — the British high commission, Confederation of Indian Industry, and the Union government. An executive close to the event said the UK delegation would have around 250 members including business representatives, educationists, thought leaders and government officials.