"In all my interactions with him, in discussing what needed to be done, to present the Tata brand to all our stakeholders, I felt Cyrus was somebody who deeply cared about the brand. He cared about the legacy he had been entrusted with. Never did I once see an occasion when he would compromise on core values, says Mukund Rajan, who worked closely with Cyrus Mistry who died in a car accident on Sunday. Mr Rajan added it is a "great loss for Tatas, great loss for the country."