Tata Steel said its board of directors has approved the appointment of Mr H.M. Nerurkar, Chief Operating Officer, as an Additional Director of the company and that he would be designated as Executive Director, India and South East Asia from April 9. Mr Kirby Adams, who will be the CEO of Corus from April 6, has also been appointed as an Additional Director of the company from April 9. Mr Adams will oversee the operations of Tata Steel, Europe. He will also be responsible f or the global raw material pursuits of Tata Steel aimed to secure raw material ownerships to the company’s European operations. Dr T. Mukherjee, Director, Technology and Integration, Tata Steel Group, will retire on March 31, 2009, consequent to which, he will step down from the Board of Tata Steel on that day, the company said. –Business Line