Satyam names new CEO - Homi Khusrokhan

Homi Khusrokhan set to take Satyam top job The government is expected to name Homi Khusrokhan, former Managing Director of Tata Chemicals, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the troubled Satyam Computer Services, according to sources

Homi R Khusrokhan was appointed managing director of Tata Chemicals (TCL) in October 2006. Earlier, he was Executive Director of Tata Chemicals and, before that, managing director of Tata Tea from 2001 to 2004. Prior to joining the Tata Group, Mr Khusrokhan worked for Glaxo Laboratories (India) for 29 years, rising to become managing director of Burroughs Wellcome in 1995 and MD of both Glaxo and Wellcome (India) in 1996, a position he held till he retired in 2000. During his tenure, the company was voted as the 'most respected company in India', in a 1999 Business World survey.