Piecing together a resume for the Tata group's Cyrus Mistry

So little is known about Cyrus Mistry, the successor to Rata Tata of the Tata group, India’s largest business conglomerate.

Firstpost decided to collate publicly available information about him and create a personal-cum-career ‘resume’ for him.Here’s how it goes:

Name: Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

DOB: 4 July 1968

Age: 43

Career

Current designation: Deputy chairman of the Tata group. Will be appointed chairman in December 2012, when current chairman Ratan Tata retires.

According to The__Times of India

• He was managing director of Shapoorji Pallonji & Company, a part of Rs 15,000-crore Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group).

• In 2005, he joined Tata Sons’ board.

• He is on the board of Tata Elxsi.

• He is a trustee of the Breach Candy Hospital Trust.

• Also serves as Senior Vice President of Production of DQ Entertainment Plc, according to NDTV .

• Credited with creating several firsts for the Pallonji group - the tallest residential towers, the longest rail bridge, largest dry dock and the largest affordable housing project - according to Asian Age.

• In 1995, he also started a 106-megawatt power project in 1995 in Tamil Nadu, according to a Wall Street Journal blog.

Education

• Graduate in civil engineering from London’s Imperial College.

• Master of Science in Management from the London Business School.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.

• Fellow of the UK-based Institute of Civil Engineers and a founder member of the Construction Federation of India.

Strengths

Expertise includes formation of business plans, risk evaluation, business investment strategy and property and infrastructure development.

• Soft-spoken, candid and down to earth.

• Conservative in approach, has an eye for detail.

Hobbies and interests

• Loves golf.

• Is an avid reader of business books.

• Loves cars, especially sports utility vehicles, according to the Times of India.

• Steers clear of the cocktail party circuit as well, according to the newspaper.

Family

• The youngest son of construction baron Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry.

• Brother-in-law of Ratan Tata’s step-brother, Noel Tata.

• Married to Rohika Chagla, the daughter of lawyer Iqbal Chagla, reports_NDTV._ . The couple has two sons.

Additional information:

His family is the single largest shareholder in Tata Sons with a stake of 18 percent.

Owns houses in Mumbai, London and Pune.

Has Irish citizenship, as does his father.