Ishaat Hussain took over as finance director of Tata Sons in July 2000. Earlier, he joined the board of Tata Sons as executive director in July 1999. He is also a director of several Tata Group companies including Tata Industries, Tata Steel and Voltas. Besides being chairman of Voltas and the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Mr Hussain is a member of the Tata Group Executive Office, which formulates strategy at the Group level.

Mr Hussain is a member of the SEBI committees on insider trading and primary capital markets. He is also a member of the CII finance committee.

Prior to joining Tata Sons, Mr Hussain was the senior vice president and executive director of finance at Tata Steel for almost 10 years.

Mr Hussain graduated in economics from St Stephens College, New Delhi. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA). Mr Hussain joined the board of the Indian Tube Company (a Tata Steel associate company) in 1979. He moved to Tata Steel in 1981, after Indian Tube was merged with Tata Steel.