Karl Slym

Tata Motors is investing heavily to roll out a slew of new models in the passenger and commercial vehicle segments, as also in new technologies to address the varying customer needs so as to make the company future-ready, chairman Cyrus Mistry has said.

Companies law introduced last year requires listed firms that make a low or no profit to limit the salary they pay to their executives, depending on the size of the company. To exceed the limit, firms need approval from 75 percent of shareholders.

Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry will take charge of the company. Mr Mistry will head a Corporate Steering Committee which will oversee all the operations for the car and truck manufacturer.

Given the sudden leadership vacuum at Tata Motors, Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry will take charge of the company.

Tata Motors has set up a panel to oversee its operations and strategy as an interim measure after the sudden demise of the company's managing director, Karl Slym.

Karl Slym, Tata Motors managing director, apparently committed suicide after arguing with his wife and reading a note written by her that referred to "domestic problems", Thai police said today.

In a fresh twist to the death of Karl Slym, Tata Motors Managing Director, Thai police said today that the 3-page handwritten note found in his hotel room from where he plunged to his death, was written by his wife Sally.

Karl Slym, managing director of Tata Motors, who died in Bangkok yesterday under mysterious circumstances, may have committed suicide, Thai police indicated today.

According to reports, Mr Slym, 51, died after falling from a high floor of the hotel in Yannawa district, Bangkok. He had gone to attend a board meeting of the company's Thailand arm.

Financial turmoil in Argentina, fears of a sharper slowdown in China and expectations that the US Federal Reserve will continue to trim its bond-buying programme later this week have sparked a broad bout of risk aversion across the globe.

Slym, 51, had attended a board meeting of Tata's Thailand unit in the Thai capital and was staying with his wife in a room on the 22nd floor of the Shangri-La hotel. Hotel staff found his body on Sunday on the fourth floor, which juts out above lower floors.

Karl Slym, managing director of Tata Motors Ltd, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said on Monday could be possible suicide.

Mr Slym, 51, died after the fall from the hotel in Yannawa district, police were quoted as saying on the website of The Nation newspaper.

A native of Britain, Slym was hired in 2012 to revive flagging sales and market share in the domestic business of India's biggest automaker, which is part of the Tata conglomerate.

A native of Britain, Karl Slym was hired by Tata Motors in 2012 to revive flagging sales and market share in the domestic business of India's biggest automaker, which is part of the Tata conglomerate.

Tata Motors is investing heavily to roll out a slew of new models in the passenger and commercial vehicle segments, as also in new technologies to address the varying customer needs so as to make the company future-ready, chairman Cyrus Mistry has said.

Companies law introduced last year requires listed firms that make a low or no profit to limit the salary they pay to their executives, depending on the size of the company. To exceed the limit, firms need approval from 75 percent of shareholders.

Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry will take charge of the company. Mr Mistry will head a Corporate Steering Committee which will oversee all the operations for the car and truck manufacturer.

Given the sudden leadership vacuum at Tata Motors, Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry will take charge of the company.

Tata Motors has set up a panel to oversee its operations and strategy as an interim measure after the sudden demise of the company's managing director, Karl Slym.

Karl Slym, Tata Motors managing director, apparently committed suicide after arguing with his wife and reading a note written by her that referred to "domestic problems", Thai police said today.

In a fresh twist to the death of Karl Slym, Tata Motors Managing Director, Thai police said today that the 3-page handwritten note found in his hotel room from where he plunged to his death, was written by his wife Sally.

Karl Slym, managing director of Tata Motors, who died in Bangkok yesterday under mysterious circumstances, may have committed suicide, Thai police indicated today.

According to reports, Mr Slym, 51, died after falling from a high floor of the hotel in Yannawa district, Bangkok. He had gone to attend a board meeting of the company's Thailand arm.

Financial turmoil in Argentina, fears of a sharper slowdown in China and expectations that the US Federal Reserve will continue to trim its bond-buying programme later this week have sparked a broad bout of risk aversion across the globe.

Slym, 51, had attended a board meeting of Tata's Thailand unit in the Thai capital and was staying with his wife in a room on the 22nd floor of the Shangri-La hotel. Hotel staff found his body on Sunday on the fourth floor, which juts out above lower floors.

Karl Slym, managing director of Tata Motors Ltd, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said on Monday could be possible suicide.

Mr Slym, 51, died after the fall from the hotel in Yannawa district, police were quoted as saying on the website of The Nation newspaper.

A native of Britain, Slym was hired in 2012 to revive flagging sales and market share in the domestic business of India's biggest automaker, which is part of the Tata conglomerate.

A native of Britain, Karl Slym was hired by Tata Motors in 2012 to revive flagging sales and market share in the domestic business of India's biggest automaker, which is part of the Tata conglomerate.