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| birth_name = Pathamadai Balachandran Balaji<br />
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| education = [[IIT Madras]] <br/> [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]]<br />
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'''Pathamadai Balachandran Balaji''' (born 1970/1971) is an Indian business executive who is the chief financial officer (CFO) of [[Tata Motors]], and the CEO of [[Jaguar Land Rover]] (JLR) from November 2025.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Partridge |first=Joanna |date=2025-08-05 |title=Trump attacks 'seriously woke' Jaguar Land Rover as company names new CEO |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/05/trump-attacks-seriously-woke-jaguar-land-rover-new-ceo-pb-balaji |access-date=2025-08-05 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><br />
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Balaji earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the [[IIT Madras|Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai]] in 1991, and a postgraduate diploma in management from the [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta|Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta]] in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PB BALAJI {{!}} Land Rover Media Newsroom |url=https://media.landrover.com/person/pb-balaji |access-date=2025-08-06 |website=media.landrover.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Who Is PB Balaji, First Indian To Head Tata-Owned Jaguar Land Rover |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/who-is-pb-balaji-first-indian-to-head-tata-owned-jaguar-land-rover-9021032 |access-date=2025-08-06 |website=www.ndtv.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He began working for [[Unilever]] in 1995, rising to senior corporate finance roles in India, Singapore, the UK, and Switzerland.<ref name=":0" /> He was the CFO of [[Hindustan Unilever]] until 2017.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Since 2017, Balaji has been the CFO of [[Tata Motors]], the parent company of [[Jaguar Land Rover]], and became the CEO of JLR from November 2025, succeeding Adrian Mardell who was retiring after three years in the role.<ref name="Guardian" /><br />
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Balaji is married, and enjoys cooking.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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