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Andy Mattes, Chairman
Mattes currently serves as senior vice president of Applications Services for EDS, an HP company. He replaces Michael Coomer, who has decided to leave EDS to pursue other interests.

Andy is responsible for the more than $8.4 billion global applications outsourcing business, which includes applications development, management, maintenance, systems integration and consulting. Mattes reports to Joe Eazor - senior vice president and general manager, EDS, an HP company.

Mattes most recently led HP’s worldwide Outsourcing Services organization. He came to HP in 2006 to lead the enterprise sales organization with responsibility for corporate accounts, public sector sales, industry markets, worldwide alliance sales, sales compensation, global pre-sales and sales support, sales operations, and go-to-market effectiveness.

Prior to HP, Mattes spent 20 years at Siemens AG, where he held various sales and management positions.

Ganesh Ayyar, Chief Executive Officer
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.

Born in India, Ganesh is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Dr. Jose de la Torre, Director
Dr. Jose de la Torre is a Doctor in Business Administration from Harvard University and MBA (Management) and B.S. (Aerospace Engineering) from the Pennsylvania State University. He is the Dean of the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University, Miami, Florida and holds the Byron Harless Chair in Management.

He joined the Board in June 2000. Dr. de la Torre was previously a professor of International business strategy at the Anderson School at UCLA and at INSEAD in France. He is currently also a director on the Boards of Quantum Group Inc. and Espirito Santo Bank, USA.

Nawshir H Mirza, Director
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 Industries Limited, 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 & distressed children.

Davinder Singh Brar, Director
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.

Ms. Vinita Bali, Director
Vinita Bali joined the Board in March 2007. Vinita holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and has an MBA degree from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies of Bombay University. She has acquired additional qualifications in Business and Economics from Michigan State University and has interned at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Vinita Bali started her career with Voltas in India in 1977. In 1980, she joined Cadbury India as Brand Manager and went on to working in the UK, Nigeria and South Africa, where she also served on Cadbury Boards. In 1994, she moved to the Coca-Cola Company in the USA as the world wide Marketing Director of Coca-Cola. During her ten years at Coke she also served as President of the South Latin Division and Head of Strategy, with responsibility for the company’s worldwide business strategy and new initiatives.

Currently, Vinita Bali is the Managing Director of Britannia Industries Limited, India. She is also on the Boards of Go Airlines (India) Private Limited, Titan Industries Limited, Piramal Glass Limited, Goldman Sachs Trustee Company (India) Private Limited, Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Limited, Mumbai, Britannia New Zealand Foods Private Limited, Britannia New Zealand Holdings Private Limited, Mauritius, Britannia & Associates (Mauritius) Private Limited, Britannia & Associates (Dubai) Company Limited, Strategic Food International Co. LLC, Al Sallan Food Industries Company SAOG, Strategic Brand Holdings Company Limited and Al Fayafi General Trading Co. LLC, UAE. Vinita Bali has also served on the Board of the Centre for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, a non-profit organization.

Jim Bridges, Director
Jim Bridges is a representative of EDS on the Board of the company since February 2008. At EDS, he is Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for the Asia Pacific region. In this role, Bridges has operations responsibility for EDS activities in Greater China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and India. In addition, Bridges continues to be the Account Executive responsible for all GM Asia Pacific operations.

Bridges holds Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from North-western State University of Louisiana. Bridges is CEO and Chairman of DIS-EDS Limited, an EDS Joint Venture with Daewoo Information Systems in South Korea, and also a member of the Board of Directors for EDS Thailand. Bridges joined EDS in 1985 as part of the Systems Engineering Development Program. During his tenure with EDS, Bridges has performed a number of technical and leadership roles. He has worked extensively in the global market leading teams and EDS business in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Bridges has also served as Director of Global Sales Service and Marketing in Detroit, Michigan, Client Delivery Executive of After Sales in Russelsheim, Germany and Account Executive of Customer Experience in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Prakash Jothee, Director
Prakash Jothee is vice president in the Office of Strategy and Technology at HP. Jothee is responsible for leading all major high-value strategic HP initiatives and leads all major EDS transformation efforts.

Before joining HP in 2005, Jothee was a principal in A.T. Kearney’s Communications and High Tech practice, focusing on client projects in the corporate strategy and M&A, marketing, and sales strategy arenas.

Prakash Jothee has a bachelor’s degree in physics and chemistry and a graduate degree in management from Stanford University.

Craig Wilson, Director
Craig Wilson is Vice President and leader of HP’s Applications Services business across Europe, Africa and Middle East; a rapidly growing business with annual revenues of $3 billion and over 15,000 personnel; encompassing consultancy, systems integration and applications development.

Wilson was formerly a client executive for one of EDS’ largest accounts globally and before that has held several senior consultancy roles with major government clients. Before joining EDS, Wilson was a management consultant with PA Consulting Group, advising senior civil servants on business and information systems strategy..

Wilson is a Chartered Engineer and holds a BSc (Data Processing) and a MBA.

Dr. Friedrich Froeschl, Director
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.

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