Infosys has appointed Vishal Sikka, former CTO of SAP, as the chief executive officer and managing director of the company. Sikka will be inducted as a whole time director of the board and CEO & MD on June 14, 2014. He will take over as CEO & MD from S D Shibulal on August 1.
Executive chairman N R Narayana Murthy and his son Rohan Murty will leave the company by October, almost four years ahead of Murthy's designated term.
Vishal Sikka was, until recently, a member of the executive board of SAP, leading all products and driving innovation globally.
The Baroda-born Sikka, the brain behind game-changing HANA platform that converges database and application platform capabilities in-memory to transform transactions, analytics, text analysis, predictive and spatial processing so businesses can operate in real-time. At SAP, he was responsible for all products, from traditional and cloud-based applications to technology and platform products including HANA, analytics, mobile and middleware. In addition, Sikka led multiple initiatives to accelerate innovation and research at SAP. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
The board has also elevated UB Pravin Rao, president and whole-time director, as chief operating officer, with effect from June 14.
Executive chairman N R Narayana Murthy and his son Rohan Murty will leave the company by October, almost four years ahead of Murthy's designated term.
Vishal Sikka was, until recently, a member of the executive board of SAP, leading all products and driving innovation globally.
The Baroda-born Sikka, the brain behind game-changing HANA platform that converges database and application platform capabilities in-memory to transform transactions, analytics, text analysis, predictive and spatial processing so businesses can operate in real-time. At SAP, he was responsible for all products, from traditional and cloud-based applications to technology and platform products including HANA, analytics, mobile and middleware. In addition, Sikka led multiple initiatives to accelerate innovation and research at SAP. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
The board has also elevated UB Pravin Rao, president and whole-time director, as chief operating officer, with effect from June 14.
