From Narayana Murthy to Salil Parekh: How chief executives have ...
From Narayana Murthy to Salil Parekh: How chief executives have steered Infosys over the yearsET Bureau|Dec 04, 2017, …
From Narayana Murthy to Salil Parekh: How chief executives have steered Infosys over the yearsET Bureau|Dec 04, 2017, 01.05 AM IST NARAYANA MURTHY
1981 - March 2002
NRN, who with seven other software engineers founded Infosys in 1981, was at its helm for 21 years. As the CEO he transformed Infosys into a multibillion dollar software and services company, paving way for the outsourcing revolution, which made India the worldâs back office.
NANDAN NILEKANI
March 2002 - April 2007
One of the cofounders, Nandan Nilekani served as CEO for the next five years after Murthy stepped do wn in 2002. During his tenure, Infosysâ top line grew six fold to $3 billion. Nilekani left Infosys in 2009 to lead Indiaâs unique identification project, Aadhaar, at the request of the then prime minister Manmohan Singh. As fate would have it, Nilekani made a surprise re-entry as the non-executive chairman of Infosys in 2017.
S GOPALAKRISHNAN
April 2007 - August 2011
Nilekani relinquished his position as CEO to his colleague and cofounder S Gopalakrishnan in 2007. Gopalakrishnan headed several technical positions within Infosys till then.
SD SHIBULAL
August 2011 - July 2014
SD Shibulal was the last promoter to have held the position of chief executive at Infosys. He took over from his colleague S Gopalakrishnan in 2011 and ran operations as CEO till 2014.
VISHAL SIKKA
August 2014- August 2017
Vishal Sikka was appointed as the first n on-promoter CEO and MD of Infosys in 2014. Sikka was expected to lead the transformation of Infosys into a next generation services company. But a slew of controversies around an acquisition by Sikka forced the 50-year-old to quit on August 24, 2017.
UB PRAVIN RAO INTERIM CEO
August 2017 - January 1, 2018
UB Pravin Rao, a life-long Infoscion, who has held several leadership positions at Infosys, was appointed interim CEO for four months while the hunt for the next chief executive was on. Rao will go back to being the chief operating officer of Infosys following the appointment of the new CEO.
SALIL S PAREKH
January 2, 2018 Onwards
Salil S Parekh will be the second non-promoter CEO to take charge of the $10-billion IT firm. Parekh was a member of group executive board at Capgemini. Known among his peers as the âturnaround managerâ, Parekh has seen through successful acquisitions and strong business turnarounds in the past. He will assume responsibility from January 2, 2018 for five years .
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