Srinivas Pallia completed one month as CEO of fourth largest software services firm Wipro, which has been trailing its peers on growth and profitability, he has been travelling across the globe to meet employees and stakeholders. Last week, he did a town hall in London, a geography on the other side of the Atlantic — where he has been focussed till recently as CEO of Americas 1. Pallia was elevated as CEO of Wipro, after Thierry Delaporte's sudden exit from the firm 15 months before the expiry of his term.
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Wipro's HR head Saurabh Govil emailed employees on Monday that the CEO will interact every quarter with senior employees, as part of quarterly CEO leadership connect, ET has learnt. Govil also mentioned about «quarterly townhalls and Q&A opportunities.»
Organisationally, Pallia has also hand-picked two Wipro veterans as key senior leaders (Malay Joshi, CEO of Americas 1 and Hari Shetty as Chief Strategist and sales excellence officer). Joshi succeeded Pallia as CEO of Americas 1 — the company's strategic market unit (SMU) that has been outperforming other SMUs for past couple of quarters.
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Similarly, the IT major also elevated Hari Shetty as its Chief Strategist and Sales