Infosys elevates 12 leaders as executive VPs

With the appointment of Vishal Sikka as CEO and managing director of the company, IT major Infosys has elevated 12 leaders to the position of executive vice president with additional responsibilities.

Among those who have made it to the list of executive vice presidents are CFO Rajiv Bansal; Sandeep Dadlani, along with the responsibilities as head, retail, CPG and Logistics, and head of Americas;  and Sanjay Jalona in addition to being head, Manufacturing & Engineering Services.

Mohit Joshi who is also made executive vice president will also function as head Financial Services and Infosys Brazil and Infosys Mexico, while Rajesh Krishnamurthy will be head, Energy & Communications and Services (Europe) and also Head of Europe along with being EVP.

Infosys which announced the appointment of Sikka as new CEO and MD on June 12 had said that the company has elevated 12 leaders to the position of executive vice president with additional responsibilities.

It had also elevated U B Pravin Rao, president and whole time director, as chief operating officer, with effect from June 14, 2014.

Sikka who has been inducted as a whole-time director of the Board and CEO & MD (Designate) on June 14, 2014 will take over as CEO & MD from S D Shibulal on August 1, 2014.

Others who have made it to the list of executive vice president are Ranganath D Mavinakere with responsibilities of Head, CEO's Office and Corporate Center; Srikantan Moorthy-head, Human Resources and executive sponsor, Infosys Leadership Institute; Binod Hampapur Rangadore- head, Talent Fulfilment Function.

Ravi Kumar S as head, Insurance, Cards and Payments; Manish Tandon as head, Life Sciences and Services, North America; Gautam Thakkar as chief executive officer, Infosys BPO; and Ramadas Kamath U as head, Facilities, Administration, Security and Sustainability- have also made it to the list. The list of new vice-presidents was posted on the company's website.