Mr. Hoshang Billimoria (Chartered Accountant), born on 7 July 1951, completed his schooling from St. Xavier’s High School, Bombay. Following that, he completed his degree in Commerce with Bombay University at Sydenham College. At the Bombay University degree examination, he stood first in the whole University amongst candidates offering Accounting & Auditing as special subjects. Thereafter he completed his articles in London with Ernst & Whinney and qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. At the Institute examinations, he was twice the winner of the Deloitte Pleinder Prize.

After qualifying, he spent a year in London practicing with Ernst & Whinney after which he returned to Bombay and joined the Ernst & Whinney representative firm in India, S. B. Billimoria & Co. In 1979, he became a partner of S. B. Billimoria & Co. and was a partner in this firm for the next ten years. As a partner of S. B. Billimoria & Co. he was advisor to a large number of clients in the Indian Corporate Sector.

In 1988, he took over charge as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Tata Sons Limited. His responsibility in Tata Sons Limited was in the area of Group policy and co-ordination. He took over as Managing Director of Tata Press Limited in May 1990. As Managing Director of Tata Press (Tata Infomedia), he was responsible for a big turnaround in the Company’s fortunes. He directed the entry of the Company into the Information Services business (Yellow Pages, Special Interest Publications, and Database Services) where it became the market leader. He was with the Company till August 2004 as Vice-Chairman & Managing Director. In 2005, he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Next Gen Publishing Ltd., a Forbes group and HDFC Venture.

Hoshang is also on the board of several companies in the Indian Corporate Sector such as HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd., Gokak Textiles Limited, Travel Corporation (India) Limited and Fenner Conveyor Belting Limited.