Appoints French IT services
firm's COO Thierry Delaporte for its top post.
With Wipro
announcing to appoint Thierry Delaporte for its top post, two of the leading
Bengaluru-headquartered companies will now have CEOs & MDs who were
previously working with French IT services major Capgemini in leadership roles.
Salil Parekh, who is presently the CEO & MD at Infosys was a member of the
Group Executive Board ay Capgemini looking after the company’s UK, Asia Pacific
and financial services business before joining the Bengaluru firm in January
2018.
Wipro on Friday announced
that Delaporte who is Capgemini’s
chief operating officer and also a member of the group executive board, would
join the company as its CEO & MD, effective July 6, 2020. A French
national, he would be based out of Paris. Wipro also said that since
Neemuchwala would leave the company from June 1, its chairman Rishad Premji
would oversee the daily operations of the firm during this interim period.
During his twenty-five year
career with Capgemini, Delaporte held several leadership roles including that
of chief executive officer of the global financial services strategic business
unit, and head of all global service lines. His experience in overseeing
Capgemini’s India operations- one of the largest delivery centres of the
company- is likely to put him in good stead in managing the operations of
Wipro. He has a bachelor’s degree in economy and finance from Sciences Po Paris
and a Masters in Law from Sorbonne University.
“I am delighted to welcome
Thierry as CEO and Managing Director of the company. Thierry has an exceptional
leadership track record, strong international exposure, deep strategic
expertise, a unique ability to forge long-standing client relationships, and
proven experience of driving transformation and managing technological
disruption. We believe that Thierry is the right person to lead Wipro in its
next phase of growth,” said Rishad Premji, Chairman at Wipro Ltd. “I want to
thank Abid for all that he has done for Wipro and for making this transition as
smooth and seamless as possible despite his personal commitments.”
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