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AESC nominee leaves Tata battery venture's board before manufacturing scale-up
Gordon Louis Chin has left the board of Agratas, the Tata Group company developing batteries for electric vehicles.
Chin was the sole board representative of AESC Apollo, Agratas’s Chinese-owned technology partner, and joined the board in December 2024.
The companies signed an agreement covering two battery technologies, while Agratas says it is building its own manufacturing skills and research capacity.
The reason for Chin’s departure is not known, and Agratas and AESC declined to comment.
Agratas plans a 20 GWh plant in Gujarat and a 40 GWh facility in the UK.
Jaguar Land Rover is lined up as its first major customer under a seven-year contract worth ₹5,000 crore, starting in the current financial year.
The board change comes as Agratas prepares to scale up production, but the available information does not say whether it will alter the companies’ technology partnership.
Gordon Louis Chin, AESC Apollo’s sole board representative at Tata battery venture Agratas, has stepped down, company filings show.
His departure comes as Agratas prepares to scale up battery manufacturing in India and the UK.
Chin joined the board in December 2024 after AESC took a 12% stake in Agratas and became a director in July 2025.
The companies entered an intellectual property agreement in financial year 2026 covering NMC and LFP battery technologies, according to filings.
Agratas and AESC declined to comment on Chin’s departure, and Mint said it could not independently establish why he stepped down.
- Who
- Gordon Louis Chin, AESC Apollo’s representative on Agratas’s board, has stepped down.
- What
- He left the board of Tata Group battery venture Agratas.
- When
- The departure was reported on 3 November 2026; the exact date he stepped down is not stated.
- Where
- Agratas Energy Storage Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Why
- Not stated. Mint said it could not independently ascertain why Chin stepped down.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Chin joined Agratas’s board as an additional director after AESC picked up a 12% stake in the company.
Chin was appointed a director.
Agratas and AESC entered an intellectual property agreement covering NMC and LFP battery technologies, according to company filings.
Mint reported that Chin had stepped down from the board ahead of Agratas’s move towards commercialization.
- Board representative
- Gordon Louis Chin
- AESC stake
- 12% in Agratas, according to the filings
- Battery plant in Gujarat
- 20 GWh
- Battery facility in the UK
- 40 GWh
- First major customer
- Jaguar Land Rover, under a seven-year ₹5,000-crore deal
- Technologies covered by agreement
- NMC and LFP lithium battery technologies
What people are saying
AESC does not comment on the details of commercial arrangements with individual partners. Questions about Agratas’s board composition are best directed to Agratas