As Executive Director, head, Global Corporate Affairs, Phiroz Vandrevala is responsible for corporate affairs, administration, infrastructure development and corporate governance at Tata Consultancy Services. Phiroz is also a member of the strategy group at TCS.

An active spokesperson for the Indian IT Industry on the important issues confronting the sector, Phiroz is a former chairman of India's apex industry body for IT, Nasscom. He is also the Chairman of 'Diligenta' a UK based subsidiary of TCS engaged in providing service to Life Insurance and Pension companies.

He continues to play a significant role in the policy-making process for industry and the software sector in his various capacities as a member of the executive council of Nasscom and as a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry - the apex industry body in the country.

In the banking and financial services sector, Phiroz has been part of numerous expert committees constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to guide the central bank in its policy-making efforts. He is also a part of various large IT initiatives of the government of India.

He is also the Director of Punj Lloyd Ltd., Member of the Advisory Board of Bridge Capital Realty Pte Ltd., Member of the Board of Governors of Institute of Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) and Member of the Board of Governors of the IIIT-Delhi.

A certified chartered accountant from Ernst & Young, Calcutta, Phiroz worked at consumer goods giant ITC Ltd for three years before joining TCS in 1982. In 1989, he left the company to set up Tandem Corporation's operations in India before rejoining TCS in 1992.

Phiroz was Co-Chair of the Indo-British Partnership (IBP) from the Indian side for the year 2007-08 and is Vice Chair of the IBP for this year. He is also a Board member of UK India Business Council.

He was born in Calcutta in December 1953 and currently lives in Delhi.