Top Management and Board of Directors
Top Management
Top Management [One top executive with tenure > 8 yrs]
| Name | Designation | Since Appointment |
|---|
| Nandan Nilekani | Chairman | 8 Yrs |
Top Management [Seven top executives with tenure < 2 yrs]
| Name | Designation | Since Appointment |
|---|
| Jayesh Sanghrajka | Chief Financial Officer | 1 Yr, 5 Mos |
| Salil S. Parekh | Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Executive Director | - |
| Sumit Virmani | Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer | - |
| Dinesh Rao | Executive Vice President, Chief Delivery Officer | - |
| Satish H. C. | Executive Vice President, Chief Delivery Officer | - |
| Inderpreet Sawhney | Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer | - |
| Shaji Mathew | Chief Human Resources Officer | - |
Board Of Directors
Board Of Directors [Seven directors with tenure < 5 yrs]
| Name | Since Appointment |
|---|
| Govind Iyer | 2 Yrs, 8 Mos |
| Chitra Nayak | 4 Yrs, 5 Mos |
| Nitin Paranjpe | 1 Yr, 8 Mos |
| Helene Auriol Potier | - |
| D Sundaram | - |
| Michael Nelson Gibbs | - |
| Bobby Parikh | - |
Resignations in the past 2 years
| Name | Designation | Date of Resignation |
|---|
| Nilanjan Roy | Chief Financial Officer | 31 March 2024 |
| Uri Levine | Independent Director | 19 April 2023 |
Profiles of Top Management
Salil S. Parekh
CEO & Managing Director & Executive Director
Salil is the Chief Executive Officer of Infosys and has been in that role since January 2018.
Salil has helped transform Infosys into a leading digital, cloud, and AI company. Salil helps set the strategy and nurture a leadership team to drive its execution. Infosys is in the top decile of shareholder return during his tenure, leading in client satisfaction results, and leading in employee engagement scores.
Salil has a strong track record of driving transformations, executing business turnarounds, and managing successful acquisitions.
Prior to Infosys, Salil was a member of the management board at Capgemini and a partner at consulting practice Ernst & Young LLP prior to its acquisition by Capgemini. He had different leadership roles there across US, UK, Europe, Asia, over a span of 25 years.
Salil has received several awards as a leading CEO.
Salil holds Master of Engineering degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Salil is on the board of Advance CT, an organization that supports business and innovation in the state of Connecticut. Salil is on the Board of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) an organization that works towards strengthening the US-India relationship and promoting collaboration in various sectors, including technology.
Nandan Nilekani
Chairman
Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited. He was the Founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank of a Cabinet Minister from 2009-2014. Nandan has co-founded and is the Chairman of EkStep Foundation, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric, technology-based platform to improve basic literacy and numeracy for millions of children. In January 2023, he was appointed as the co-chair of the "G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion, and Development."
Born in Bengaluru, Nilekani received his Bachelor's degree from Indian Institution of Technology (IIT), Bombay. Fortune Magazine conferred him as "Asia's Businessman of the year 2003." In 2005 he received the prestigious Joseph Schumpeter prize for innovative services in economy, economic sciences, and politics. In 2006, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He was also named Businessman of the Year by Forbes Asia. Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 & 2009. Foreign Policy magazine listed him as one of the Top 100 Global thinkers in 2010. In 2014, he won The Economist Social & Economic Innovation Award for his leadership of India's Unique Identification initiative (Aadhaar). In 2017, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from E & Y. CNBC-TV 18 conferred him with the India Business leader award for outstanding contributor to the Indian Economy-2017 and he also received the 22nd Nikkei Asia Prize for Economic & Business Innovation 2017. He was inducted as International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019. Business Standard Annual awards 2022 conferred "The Lifetime Achievement Award." TIME Magazine has featured him among 100 Most Influential People in AI-2024.
Nandan Nilekani is the author of "Imagining India", co-authored his second book with Viral Shah, "Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations" and co-authored his third book with Tanuj Bhojwani, "The Art of Bitfulness: Keeping calm in the digital world," released in January 2022.
Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Infosys:
Date of appointment: August 24, 2017
In the last 5 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 15.5%. The present value of INR1,000 (PV1000) invested 5 years ago is now Rs2,053, a gain of Rs803 and dividend reinvested of Rs250.
Jayesh Sanghrajka
CFO
Jayesh Sanghrajka is the Executive Vice President & Group CFO of Infosys Ltd. With over 3 decades of experience in global finance and strategic leadership, Jayesh plays a pivotal role in long-term value creation; financial and operational excellence; and grooming the next set of leaders for Infosys. As the leader of the company's global finance organization, he oversees areas like facilitating growth at good margins, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, treasury, tax, and risk management. Over the years, he has driven the finance team's digital transformation journey towards functional excellence. Jayesh spearheads multiple cross-functional initiatives aimed at identifying new revenue growth opportunities or driving cost optimization.
A key architect of the company's growth strategy, Jayesh is responsible for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), helping to create and sustain long-term competitive advantage for Infosys.
Jayesh also champions the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda, ensuring that ESG is at the heart of Infosys' strategy to achieve profits with a purpose, while balancing sustainable growth; compliance with international standards; and stakeholder transparency.
Prior to Infosys, he worked in companies like Tishman-Speyer, Rediff.com, Mu Sigma, and KPMG, wherein he played a key role in driving various digital and financial transformations to help them be future-ready.
Jayesh earned his bachelor's degree in commerce from Mumbai University, India. He is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants, India. He also has a degree in cost accounting. Over the years, he has attended various Executive Global Leadership Development Programs at global universities like Stanford University (USA) and Harvard University (USA).
Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Infosys:
Since appointment as CFO: The present value of INR1,000 invested on the appointment date of April 01, 2024 at close price of Rs1,429.61 is Rs1,104, including a capital gain of Rs55 and dividend reinvested of Rs49.
Dinesh Rao
Executive Vice President
Dinesh Rao has over three decades of experience in the IT services industry, where he has played diverse roles heading Global Delivery across several IT services offerings and industry verticals at Infosys, with a strong track record of driving digital transformation for enterprises.
Dinesh Rao, as Co-Head of Delivery, sets and evolves the strategic direction for the portfolio of offerings, while nurturing a strong leadership team to drive its execution.
He currently heads Infosys' service offerings - Enterprise Application Services, Independent Validation Services, Engineering Services, Consulting Services and Strategic Technology Group for IT services delivery, across global clients. Additionally, Dinesh holds the geography responsibility of Global Delivery for EMEA, APAC, and AnZ.
Under Dinesh's leadership, Infosys has won several awards demonstrating great customer success and business growth with clients, analysts, and partners. He has successfully led M&A efforts for Infosys, cutting across geographies, to strengthen the offerings and global expertise.
Dinesh Rao is on the board of Fluido, Simplus, Panaya, BASE life science, Kaleidoscope, and Infosys Consulting, wholly owned subsidiaries of Infosys.
Satish H. C.
Executive Vice President
Satish H.C. is Chief Delivery Officer at Infosys. He has been a pivotal part of the organization for three decades, during which he has played diverse and global leadership roles across: Data & AI, Digital Business units; delivery for manufacturing, healthcare & life sciences, financial services; internal Board for key Infosys acquisitions, and several councils running day-to-day operations at Infosys. He has been part of the IT industry since its early days and is one of the pioneers who turned the vision of a global delivery model into a success story, enabling it to stay relevant and adapt over the decades. In his relentless pursuit of Infosys staying ahead of the curve, Satish has been instrumental in carving out a differentiated positioning for Infosys through service innovations and partnering with CXOs of Global 2000 enterprises.
Satish has championed many firsts at Infosys, like winning large deals; building the industry-first & largest financial services relationship, top 5 Infosys relationships; scaling China for global delivery, LATAM for nearshore delivery; innovative GCC partnership models. Satish has spearheaded several thought leadership and innovative pivots, like Data Economy in the Digital Era, Digital Services model for the Digital Era, Workforce Transformation & Services model for an AI-first era, to unlock new opportunities for Infosys. He is deeply involved in several organizational transformation and cross-functional initiatives, along with core business operations.
Satish has received multiple awards for his contributions to the organization's leadership, service delivery excellence, and nurturing strategic relationships for Infosys. Outside Infosys, Satish is also a member of the NASSCOM Executive Council, which oversees the strategies and priorities for the tech services industry in India.
Satish has a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from the prestigious University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), Bangalore. He has also completed a Global Leadership Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Sumit Virmani
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Sumit Virmani is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Infosys.
For over 25 years, Sumit has shaped brand experiences and narratives across industries and geographies. He has played a key role in positioning Infosys among the world's Top 100 brands and transforming it into the fastest-growing IT services brand globally. He champions the role of brand purpose, brand promise and brand performance as the foundational pillars that drive both short-term growth and long-term market share gains.
Sumit is also a Trustee of the Infosys Foundation and serves on the Boards of WongDoody - Infosys' experience design company - and EdgeVerve, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys and a global leader in AI and automation. Forbes has ranked Sumit among the top 50 most influential chief marketing officers globally for three consecutive years, most recently in 2025. CNBC Storyboard 18 also recognised him as a global marketing visionary in 2024.
Inderpreet Sawhney
Chief Legal Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
Inderpreet is the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Infosys. In this role she leads the legal and compliance function for the Company. She is a strategic business partner ensuring success for Infosys in legal and regulatory matters, while spearheading its compliance and ethics program. Inderpreet also has additional responsibility for Privacy and Data Protection at Infosys.
Inderpreet is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience, including as General Counsel of a large IT services company, and as Managing Partner of a mid-sized law firm in Silicon Valley. She serves on the Board of Directors of NYSE listed Hillenbrand Inc. and is a member of the National Advisory Council of SABANA (South Asian Bar Association of North America).
She was an honoree at the 2017 Transformative Leadership Awards, recognizing General Counsel who demonstrate commitment to advancing women in law. She is also a recipient of the Thought Leadership Award at the 2018 Global Transformative Leadership Awards and was featured among the top 25 Women Leaders in IT Services of 2020, published by The IT Services Report.
She is a frequent speaker at global conferences.
Inderpreet has a BA (Hons.) and LL.B. degree from Delhi University and an LL.M. from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Shaji Mathew
Chief Human Resources Officer
Shaji Mathew is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Infosys. In this role, he is responsible for envisioning the roadmap for HR, driving strategy, and implementing operational priorities aligned with the overall organizational mandate.
Shaji has over 31 years of experience in Infosys. Prior to his current role, he was Infosys' global head of delivery for Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences. Over the years, he has played various leadership roles in delivery, as also in managing client relationships, commercials, solutioning, and people management across the US, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
He has been actively steering the company's efforts to create a more inclusive and diverse workforce. He is also a trustee of Infosys Foundation focusing on Corporate Social Responsibility.
Shaji is a rank holder from National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He has completed a Global Leadership Program from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Leadership program from Harvard Business School.
He serves on the board of IIIT, Bangalore. He is also a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Leadership and HR.
Profiles of Board of Directors
Govind Iyer
Independent Director
Govind Iyer retired as a Partner at Egon Zehnder (a Global leadership advisory Firm). Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Govind worked at Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Heinz. Govind has served on the Wharton Executive Education Advisory Board and is an active University of Pennsylvania alumnus. He has served on the Advisory Board of Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN). He is a founding board member and Chairperson of Social Venture Partners in India, is a board member at GIVE India, and is a #LivingmyPromise signatory. Govind has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Regional Engineering College, Trichy, and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.'
Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Infosys:
Since appointment as Independent Director: The present value of INR1,000 invested on the appointment date of January 12, 2023 at close price of Rs1,378.80 is Rs1,177, including a capital gain of Rs94 and dividend reinvested of Rs84.
Chitra Nayak
Independent Director
Chitra Nayak has over 25 years of experience in go-to-market, general management, and operations leadership roles at various organizations. She currently serves as a Member of the Board at Invitae, a medical genetics company; at Morneau Shepell, a tech-enabled HR services company; at Forward Air, a freight and logistics company; and at Intercom, a messaging platform company. She also advises startups on go-to-market strategies. Most recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the go-to-market strategy at Comfy, a real-estate tech startup, and prior to that she was COO at Funding Circle, an online SMB lending marketplace. Chitra has been in leadership roles at Salesforce for eight years as COO, Platform and Senior Vice President, Global Sales Development. She was earlier part of AAA, Charles Schwab, and the Boston Consulting Group.
Chitra has a passion for empowering women in the workplace. She is the co-founder of Neythri.org, which supports South Asian professional women. She was also the co-founder of the Salesforce Women's Network initiative. She has co-created and taught an MBA class on 'Women in Leadership' at California State University, East Bay.
Chitra holds an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School, an MS in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, and a B.Tech in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Infosys:
Since appointment as Independent Director: The present value of INR1,000 invested on the appointment date of March 25, 2021 at close price of Rs1,192.24 is Rs1,423, including a capital gain of Rs265 and dividend reinvested of Rs158.
Bobby Parikh
Independent Director
Bobby Parikh is the Managing Partner of Bobby Parikh Associates, a boutique firm focused on providing strategic tax and regulatory advisory services.
Over the years, Parikh has had extensive experience in advising clients across a range of industries. India has witnessed significant deregulation and a progressive transformation of its policy framework. An area of focus for Parikh has been to work with businesses, both Indian and multinational, in interpreting the implications of the deregulation as well as the changes to India's policy framework, to help businesses better leverage opportunities that have become available and to address challenges that resulted from such changes. Parikh has led teams that have advised clients in the areas of entry strategy (MNCs into India and Indian companies into overseas markets), business model identification, structuring a business presence, mergers, acquisitions and other business reorganizations. Parikh's particular area of focus is providing tax and regulatory advice in relation to transactions and other forms of business reorganizations, whether inbound, outbound or wholly domestic. In this regard, Parikh works extensively with private equity funds, other institutional investors and owners and managers of businesses to develop bespoke solutions that optimally address the commercial objectives underpinning a particular transaction or a business reorganization. Parikh also works closely with regulators and policy formulators in providing inputs to aid in the development of new regulations and policies, and in assessing the implications and efficacy of these and providing feedback for action.
Parikh was most recently co-founder of BMR Advisors, a highly regarded tax and transactions firm which he helped establish and run for over 12 years. Prior to forming BMR Advisors, Parikh was the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young in India and held that responsibility until December 2003. Parikh worked with Arthur Andersen for over 17 years and was its Country Managing Partner until the Andersen practice combined with that of Ernst & Young in June 2002. Parikh led the Financial Services industry practice at Arthur Andersen and then also at Ernst & Young.
Parikh is a graduate in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1987.
Nitin Paranjpe
Independent Director
Mr. Nitin Paranjpe is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), and also the Chief People and Chief Transformation Officer at Unilever PLC. Prior to this, he was Unilever's Chief Operating Officer (COO) responsible for delivering its global results. He has been a member of the Unilever Executive Leadership since October 2013.
Nitin joined HUL (then Hindustan Lever Limited), in 1987, where he held various roles in marketing and sales, before being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer, India, and Executive Vice President for Unilever, South Asia, in April 2008.
He has been the recipient of many awards in recognition of his contribution to business and industry including CEO of the year (Forbes India) and India business leader of the year (CNBC TV18). For his efforts in blazing a trail for diversity, he won the GG2 Hammer Award in 2019 in the UK. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken NV, Chinmaya Mission Advisory Council and the WeSchool Innovation Advisory Board.
Nitin holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management in Mumbai.
Shareholder Value:
Creation of shareholder value in Infosys:
Since appointment as Independent Director: The present value of INR1,000 invested on the appointment date of January 01, 2024 at close price of Rs1,483.05 is Rs1,064, including a capital gain of Rs17 and dividend reinvested of Rs48.
Michael Nelson Gibbs
Independent Director
Michael Gibbs is an Independent Director of Infosys. He is the former Group CIO for BP, PLC having responsibility for setting and implementing BP's IT strategy and providing computing and telecommunications technology services worldwide.
As CIO, Michael led a transformation of the IT function at BP, reorganizing the function and operating model. He led improvements in Cyber Security and the application of emerging digital technologies including plans for a migration of legacy data centers to the cloud.
Michael served as CIO for various businesses including Conoco Refining & Marketing, Europe and Asia, based in London and ConocoPhillips Supply and Trading, Corporate Functions and Global Downstream, based in Houston. In 2008, Michael returned to London joining BP as VP/CIO, Refining & Marketing, before becoming Group CIO in 2013.
Currently, Michael does occasional business consulting and speaking. He has chaired several church and missions boards and currently serves as Vice-Chair of "A Child's Hope - Haiti" serving the orphans of Haiti.
Michael graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Management Science. He completed the Executive Management Program at Penn State University in 1997 and the Concours/Cash CIO Leadership Program in 2004. In 2015 he was named to CIO magazine's list of the most influential Global CIOs and ranked as I-CIO's 2nd most powerful IT executive in Europe.
D Sundaram
Independent Director
D. Sundaram, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds Ltd.
D. Sundaram's experience spans corporate finance, business performance, monitoring operations, governance, mergers & acquisitions, talent/people management and strategy.
Sundaram joined Hindustan Unilever Limited as Management Trainee in June 1975; and served in various capacities as Corporate Accountant, Commercial Manager and Treasurer till 1990. He was seconded to Unilever, London as Commercial Officer for Africa and Middle East Group between 1990 and 1993. He was the Commercial Manager of TOMCO integration team in 1993 / 94. He was CFO of Brooke Bond Lipton from 1994 to 1996 and served in Unilever London between 1996 to 1999, as Sr. Vice President (Finance, IT and Strategy) for South Asia and Middle East. In April 1999 he returned to HUL as Finance & IT Director.
Sundaram was elevated as Vice Chairman of HUL in April 2008. In all, Sundaram has more than 34 years of experience with Hindustan Unilever Limited. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious "CFO of the Year for FMCG Sector" award by CNBC TV18 (2006 and 2008).
He is currently the Vice Chairman and MD of TVS Capital Funds Ltd in partnership with Gopal Srinivasan (TVS family) in a growth capital Private Equity Fund (TVS Shriram Growth Fund.) Assets under Management Rs. 1200 Cr. ($175m). Sundaram brings deep financial expertise and significant understanding of consumer related businesses to the PE operations.
Sundaram is a Post Graduate in Management Studies (MMS), Chennai, Fellow of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, and has done Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme (AMP).
Sundaram has served as an independent director on the Board of State Bank of India, between Jan 2009 to June 2014; of SBI Capital Markets between 2002 to 2014 and has been a member of the board of governors of Institute of Financial Management and Research, Chennai, since 2005.
He currently serves as an independent director on the boards of SBI General Insurance, Crompton Greaves Consumer Limited and Trent Hyper Market (JV with TESCO).
Helene Auriol Potier
Independent Director
Ms. Helene Auriol Potier has built her career in digital technologies and in the telecommunications industry. A truly global career spanning multiple geographies, including the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
She started her career in New York in telecommunications in 1986. In 1990, Helene joined the Canadian mobile technology company Nortel Networks Corporation where she spent 15 years and held various senior leadership positions among which were also Vice President Sales Mobile Division Worldwide and Vice President Services & Operations EMEA.
In 2005, Helene joined Dell Inc. She was the CEO Africa, Mediterranean and CEE.
She joined Microsoft Corporation in 2008. During her 10 years tenure at Microsoft, she served in various senior leadership capacities including CEO Microsoft Singapore and, Managing Director Artificial Intelligence Europe.
From November 2018 to December 2020, she was Executive Vice-President in charge of International Business B2B for Orange.
Helene is often called to speak on the topics of digital transformation, corporate governance and ESG.
She served as independent director on the boards of US listed company Mimecast Limited until May 2022, Ispen S.A. until May 2018 and Faiveley Transport S.A. until November 2016.
Helene received a Master of Science in Engineering from Telecom Paris and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Helene currently serves as independent non-executive director on the boards of Safran S.A., Accor S.A., Randstad N.V. and Oddo BHF S.C.A. She chairs the Accor board ESG committee, the Randstad Technology committee and the Oddo BHF board compensation committee. Helene is also ESG co-chair and board member at Institut Francais des Administrateurs, (IFA), the French association of corporate directors. She is also a senior advisor at a leading global private equity firm and a Managing Director in Alinerom S.C.I.
