Board

Dr. Friedrich Froeschl joined the Board of MphasiS in March 2009. Dr. Froeschl is a Physicist with PhD and an executive MBA. He is currently heads Hi Tec Invest GmBH & Co. which is a private equity management and consulting company with focus on information and communication technology industries.

Prior to founding Hi Tec Invest in October 2004, Dr. Froeschl was Corporate Vice President for Corporate Information and Operations (CIO), and member of the managing board of Siemens AG. In 1995, he joined Siemens Business Services as the worldwide President & CEO, representing the company in over 40 countries. In 2002, he was appointed as Member of the Managing Board and Corporate Vice President for Corporate Information and Operations of the entire Siemens organization with almost half a million employees globally. During the course of his career at Siemens, he has been in charge of multi-billion dollar budgets, and covered all ICT related aspects including procurement, cost optimization, e-business and process management.

Prior to Siemens, Dr. Froeschl was CEO of Computer Sciences Corporation, a major global player in IT, Outsourcing and Consulting based in Germany. Before that, he held positions as Vice President and Business Head at Digital Equipment Corporation and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (today EADS) respectively. Throughout his career, Dr. Froeschl has been actively involved in both larger multi-billion dollar deals as well as mid-size M&A projects.

Francesco Serafini joined the Board of MphasiS on July 15, 2010. Serafini is executive Vice President of Emerging Markets at HP. In this role, he heads strategy, planning, coordination and growth initiatives across Emerging Markets globally.

From 2005 until April 2010, Serafini served as Managing Director for HP Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and as Senior Vice President for the Enterprise Business in EMEA. He chaired the regional leadership team, and was responsible for the company's strategy in EMEA, developing partnerships and key stakeholder relations for HP.

Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President of HP Services. In this position, he focused on developing the business as a leader in the provision of enterprise IT services, products and software in EMEA. Serafini has more than 25 years of experience in the IT services market.

Serafini joined HP in 1981 and held several senior management positions. Serafini holds an engineering degree in electronics from Politecnico of Turin.

Ganesh Ayyar, joined MphasiS as the CEO in January 2009. Ganesh is responsible for the overall management of the company. He is a member of the MphasiS Board of Directors.

Ganesh joins MphasiS from HP where his last assignment was that of Vice President, Managed Services, Asia Pacific & Japan leading selective sourcing and small and medium outsourcing deals.

He joined Hewlett-Packard Singapore in 1989, where he focused on the manufacturing industry. In 1991, Ganesh was at the center of the HP initiative concentrating on the telecommunications industry. His efforts led him to hold a managing role in the Manufacturing and Telecom team in 1992.

In 1999, he became the President of HP India. There, he led the way in delivering the best total customer experience and strengthened HP's position in India. His outstanding efforts saw his move to the position of Asia-Pacific Director of Marketing for the Business Customer Organization in 2001.

Ganesh was the co-lead for pre-merger Integration Planning for HP-Compaq Merger for Asia Pacific & Japan. Immediately after the merger, he took on the role of Vice President of HP Services for South East Asia, and led customer support, consulting & integration and Managed Services business.

With more than 22 years of experience, Ganesh's career spans across South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Asian Emerging Countries) and India. Ganesh is a proven global, visionary leader with relentless business focus. His extensive experience across a portfolio of functions and geographies brings a global perspective to MphasiS.

Nawshir Mirza is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India having qualified in the year 1973. He spent most of his career with Ernst & Young and its Indian member firm, S.R.Batliboi & Co., Chartered Accountants, and its predecessor firm, Arthur Young, being a partner from 1974 to 2003. He joined the Board of MphasiS in January 2004.

He has contributed to the accounting profession, being a speaker or the chairperson at a large number of professional conferences in India and abroad.

He is also a Director on the boards of Tata Power Company Limited, Esab India Limited, Foodworld Supermarkets Limited, Health & Glow Retailing Private Limited, and Jardine Shipping Services (India) Private Limited. As a philanthropist, he is actively involved with Childline, an all-India NGO for abused and distressed children.

D S Brar is a B.E. (Electrical) from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, and a Masters in Management from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi (Gold Medalist - 1974). He joined the Board in April 2004. Brar started his career with Associated Cement Companies (ACC) and later joined Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited where he rose to the position of CEO and Managing Director.

Currently, he is also on the boards of Maruti Udyog Limited, Suraj Hotels Private Limited, Madhubani Investments Private Limited, Suraj Overseas Private Limited, Green Valley Land and Development Private Limited, Davix Management Services Private Limited, GVK Bio Sciences Private Limited, GVK Davix Technologies Private Limited, Inogent Laboratories Private Limited, GVK Davix Research Services Private Limited, Davix Pharmaceuticals Private Limited and Moksha8 (Cayman Islands). He is also a Member of the Board of Governors in Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and Special Advisor to the Board of Directors of Codexis, a California based Company.

Balu Doraisamy joined the Board of MphasiS on July 15, 2010. Balu has more than 25 years of experience with HP (including acquisitions). Balu is currently the Senior Vice President of HP's Enterprise Business in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ), having recently retired from the role of Managing Director for HP APJ.

Prior to his regional roles, Balu served as the Managing Director of HP India, having joined HP from Compaq. As Managing Director of HP India, he led the company to become the number one technology vendor in the domestic market. Prior to this assignment, he was based in Singapore for nine years where he managed the Asia Pacific Global Accounts business in Digital and Compaq. Prior to this, Balu joined Digital Equipment Corporation, USA, in 1984 as a Senior Technology Consultant.

Balu holds a post graduate degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Mathematics.

Gerard Brossard joined the Board of MphasiS on July 15, 2010. Brossard is Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at HP. In this role, he is chartered with optimizing HP's labor model and location footprint to create a competitive human capital advantage that better positions the company to drive growth through improved sales coverage, more effective service delivery and lower costs. He is accountable directly to the CEO and executive committee.

Prior to this role, as the Vice president of the Mergers & Acquisitions Integration organization, Brossard lead all aspects of HP's $13.9B acquisition and integration of EDS, delivering financial and operational targets on plan and budget.

Brossard's 20-year HP career has included a variety of positions in the IT and HR organizations in both Europe and the U.S. As the Vice President of the Workforce Planning and Staffing organization, he led the implementation of world-class workforce plans and programs. As the Director of HR Global Processes and Operations, he led the development and implementation of the new global HR self-service delivery model for HP; the largest most complex PeopleSoft Human Resource Management System installation in the world.

Brossard has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from MIAGE LYON 1 University in Lyon, France.

Ravichandran V joined the Board of MphasiS on 1 March 2012. Ravi is a Leader with a proven track record spanning 28 years having worked in India, London and Bahrain. Leading large, remote, multicultural teams, developing and executing business relevant strategies and developing key talent are Ravi's core competencies.

This, he has demonstrated on complex assignments covering Accounting, Auditing, Consulting, Banking and Shared Services. Ravi has successfully managed starting up, growing and maintaining businesses, managing P&Ls and Cost Centers, Front Line (Sales, Marketing), Product Development & Innovation, Consulting and Functional Experience such as Accounting, Business Finance, Operations, Technology and Risk. Industry exposure includes Audit & Accounting Practice, Consulting (FMCG, Agriculture, Airlines, Manufacturing), Government, Manufacturing, Technology and Banking.

In his current role as Vice President of HP's Global Business Services, Ravi is responsible for developing the company's shared services strategy and its global operating model. After stepping into this role in June 2011, his current scope of functions includes managing a multi-function shared service covering finance and accounting, human resources, supply chain, order management (product and services), marketing and communications. He leads a team of more than 18,000 people spread across 15 major centers and co-located in 56 countries including the U.S., India, China, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Poland, Romania, and Singapore, among others. Prior to this he was the Head of GBS India.

Antonio F. Neri joined the Board of MphasiS on 1 March 2012. Antonio is a global executive leader who joined HP in 1995 with over 25 years of experience in the services industry. Extensive customer facing and brand know-how gained in Hewlett Package operating divisions including Imaging and Printing (IPG), Personal Systems Group (PSG), Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN), and Technology Services (TS).

Responsible for leading worldwide HP Technology Services, a $10.5B business segment of Hewlett Packard's Enterprise, Servers, Storage and Network (ESSN) division. Prior to joining HP, held several Services management positions in Argentina, Italy and The Netherlands.

In his management career at HP, Neri has established new services delivery capabilities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in the Americas, in support of both Imaging and Printing and Personal Computing products.

Within HP, Neri is known not only for his leadership and strong business results, but also for his passion for identifying, developing and mentoring key talent.