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Ishaat Hussain, a veteran who has donned many hats in his journey at the Tata Group, has decided to retire from the group having attained the official retirement age of the company (70 years). Hussain had joined the company in the early 80s. He has worked closely with all the four chairmen of the company – J.R.D. Tata, Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry and, most recently, N. Chandrasekaran. In his early days, Hussain headed the finance function at Tata Steel, and later in the late 90s went on to become the Executive Director and then the Finance Director on the Tata Sons board. He has been a director at several Tata Sons companies over the years. He was appointed the interim Chairman of Tata Sons when the group was going through turmoil after the departure of Cyrus Mistry.