Sharma, who will report to Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson, has more than three decades of experience in corporate finance, investment banking and real estate sectors and joins Air India from Tata Projects where he was the CFO.

Prior to Tata Projects, Sharma was CFO of Tata Realty Infrastructure Limited, and managing director, head of equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank Group. He has also worked in various capacities at DSP Merrill Lynch in Mumbai and Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific in Hong Kong.