Mr. NA Soonawala is vice chairman of Tata Sons and of Tata Investment Corporation, and deputy chairman of Tata Tea. He is also a director of several companies, including Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Indian Hotels, Trent, Tata Chemicals, Tata AG (Switzerland), Tata Limited (London) and the Tetley Group (UK).

Mr Soonawala is a member and trustee of several trusts, such as the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Bai Hirabai JN Tata Navsari Charitable Institution, Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, JRD Tata Trust, RD Tata Trust, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Sarvajanik Seva Trust.