Cognizant appoints former Wipro finance chief Jatin Dalal as CFO
ALSO READ: Wipro appoints Aparna Iyer as new CFO as Jatin Dalal resigns Top Indian IT firm Tata Consultancy Services CEO Rajesh Gopinathan quit in March, while Tech Mahindra named Infosys veteran Mohit Joshi as its CEO and managing director, set to join in December. Dalal spent over two decades at Wipro, where he joined as a manager at its treasury operations and most recently held the position of president and CFO.
Wipro's shares fell about 3% the day after his exit. Dalal became Wipro's CFO in 2015, and with CEO Thierry Delaporte steered the company through the pandemic as demand for digital services boomed.
The company's shares rose 57% and 85% in 2020 and 2021, compared to 55% and 60% growth in India's Nifty IT index in the same period. "We are pleased to welcome Jatin to Cognizant and confident he will help us achieve our goals as we continue to focus on driving revenue growth," Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S said in the statement.
Cognizant projected third-quarter revenue above estimates in August as more businesses turned to the IT services provider to digitize their operations. "Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels
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