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Ms. Jan Kathleen Hier joined the Board of Mphasis in December 2015 and is the Chairperson of the Board effective 1 October 2024.
Formerly, she was a partner with a start-up (Bicycle Financial – www.bicycylefinancial.com) and she was also the Executive Vice President at Charles Schwab responsible for centralized support services including Schwab Technology Services, Operational Services, Corporate Project Management, Operational Risk Management and Offshore Services.
At Schwab, Ms. Hier held several other positions, including, Chief Information Officer; Executive Vice President of Human Resources; Head of Electronic Brokerage Technology that developed schwab.com; and Head of Schwab Institutional Technology.
Before joining Schwab in 1994, Ms. Hier served as a Vice President of engineering at Transaction Technology, Inc., a Citicorp subsidiary, where she was responsible for providing distributed technology to Citibank businesses worldwide. Previously, she was a telecommunications specialist at Bank of America.
As an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, she was instrumental in the original development of a Producer Price Index for the telecommunications industry and was called on as an expert witness at the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ms. Hier earned her Bachelor's degree in Economics and attended Post-Graduate studies at Syracuse University, New York, USA.
Mr. Nitin Rakesh, a distinguished leader in the IT services industry, joined Mphasis as its Chief Executive Officer and Director in January 2017.
In the first year of taking on the mantle as the CEO of Mphasis, Nitin introduced Mphasis’ C= X2C2 =1TM formula for success, (hyper-personalization; drive n=1 powered by Cloud & Cognitive); driving multi-dimensions of business value with an integrated consumer-centric Front2BackTM Digital Transformation, enabling Business Operations, Technology Transformation and Service Transformation, driven by IP assets.
Under Nitin’s leadership, Mphasis set a record of highest deal wins in the history of the company, thus re-defining benchmarks and growing above industry rate. Mphasis' stock price observed an increase of 4x, in four years and revenue from digital projects increased substantially. His laser focus on quadra dimensional growth – consistent, profitable, competitive and responsible, led to enhanced shareholder value. His motto to accelerate value creation for customers, shareholders and employees builds a growth-focused culture within the company.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Nitin Rakesh was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Syntel (a NASDAQ listed IT Services Company). Nitin has a proven track record of delivering profitable growth at industry leading operating margins. Before he was appointed as the CEO, he served as President, Americas for Syntel, where he headed Business Development and North American operations.
Nitin has deep domain expertise in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance verticals. He has strong customer-orientation, large deal experience, and a track record of delivering transformative digital solutions. Nitin has an entrepreneurial mindset and is focused on launching innovative new service offerings, including in automation.
Nitin served at Syntel in various capacities (most recently as the CEO) from 2012 to 2016 and also before that between 2002 and 2008.
From 2008 to 2012, he served as the CEO and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. During his tenure, the company was named "Most Innovative ETF, Asia Pacific" at the 2011 ETF Awards in New York, and the "Most Innovative Mutual Fund, India" in 2010 at the Crisil - S&P Mutual Fund Awards. He is one of the first 250 CEOs globally across 26 countries who has committed to build an inclusive work environment, end disability inequality through business performance and create social and economic value of people living with disabilities across the world. In addition, he has worked with the TCG Group, a transnational private equity and investments firm as the Head of Banking & Financial Services Sales at TCG Software Services between 1999 and 2002
Earlier in his career, Nitin worked for Unit Trust of India, setting up offshore mutual funds and secondary Market Research Cell, Product Development and Risk Management divisions.
Recently, Nitin co-authored an award winning book, ’Transformation in Times of Crisis- Eight Principles for Creating Opportunities and Value in the Post- Pandemic World’, a business playbook for leaders and businesses to transform a crisis into an opportunity. The book has been recognized as ‘Best Business Book’ in the ‘Publication Award Category’ of American Business Awards and has won the International Business Book title at 2021 Business Book Awards. Recently, Nitin won the 2021 American Business Awards®- Management Awards - Bronze Stevie under the ‘Tech Innovator of the Year – Services’ category. In the past, he has been recognized with ‘2019 American Business Awards & International Business Awards – Gold Stevie’ under the ‘Tech Innovator of the Year – Services’ category. The 2018 International Business Awards and American Business Awards 2018 recognized Nitin as ‘Executive of the Year - Computer Services’, felicitating him with Gold Stevie under the Management award category. Nitin recently won the ‘2018 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business’ Award, recognizing him for the innovative growth strategy translating Mphasis into one of the fastest growing digital companies.
Nitin is also an active member of various institutions globally, such as US – India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) driving financial services council and business relations between US and India. He is the member of the NASSCOM executive council. He is also on the advisory board of the Knowledge@Wharton, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania’s driving digital transformation discussions at grass root level. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council and an industry expert and practitioner with the Forbes Technology Council (FTC). Nitin globally advises their readers on current, as well as future, technologies and trends.
Nitin is a founding member of Plaksha University, a new model of engineering education and research through collective philanthropy to transform higher education in India.
Nitin holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from Delhi Institute of Technology, Delhi University and has received his Master’s in Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and is also an alumni of Harvard Business School’s CEO Workshop.
Mr. Amit Dixit joined the Board of Mphasis in September 2016. He is a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Private Equity at Blackstone India. Since the time of joining Blackstone in 2007, Amit has been involved in various investments and investment opportunities in India and South Asia.
Apart from Mphasis, he currently serves as a Director of Intelenet Global Services, IBS Software Private Limited, S.H. Kelkar, Jagran Prakashan, Mid-day Infomedia, and Hindustan Power Projects. Previously, Dixit was a Principal at Warburg Pincus. He was also a Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Igarashi Motors India, and Trans Maldivian Airways.
He has received a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, a master’s in science (MS) in engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in technology (BTech) from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, where he was awarded the Director’s Silver Medal for graduating at the top of his program.
Mr. David Lawrence Johnson (Dave Johnson) joined the Board of Mphasis in September 2016. Mr. Johnson is a Director and CFO of TLGA, a special purpose acquisition corporation focused on digital technologies and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He is currently the Chairman of Cloudreach Inc, and Intsights. Mr. Johnson is a Trustee in Mercy College, New York, USA. Previously, Mr. Johnson was a senior managing director at Blackstone, where he led many of their Private Equity technology investments. He joined the firm in 2013 and was based in their New York offices. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Johnson was the Senior Vice President of Strategy at Dell Corporation, where he was responsible for corporate strategy, software, corporate development and acquisition integration. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Johnson held a number of managerial positions across IBM’s business lines, including the CFO of its $18B Technology Group and ultimately leading IBM’s Corporate Development organization, responsible for the company’s acquisitions, divestitures, minority investments and acquisition integration. Mr. Johnson received a B.A. in English and an M.B.A. from Boston College
Mr. Marshall Lux joined the Board of Mphasis in August 2018. He has been a financial services consultant and practitioner for over 30 years now and has been on company boards or played an advisory role for various private equity companies across industries and geographies. Currently, he works with companies across consumer credit, wealth, insurance, healthcare, technology, and financial technology. Marshall has a broad network of C-suite executives, with whom he has worked with on some of their most important issues. He has also played an integral role in many of the largest private equity deals. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Governors of the Online Lending Policy Institute.
Beyond corporate work, Marshall has also worked on 35 pro bono assignments and has served on a number of not-for-profit boards, including the Harlem Children’s Zone, the New York Historical Society’s Chairman’s Council, the New York Tenement Museum, Junior Achievement, and Reading is Fundamental. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Four years ago, Marshall decided to broaden his focus areas. He has since been a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a Senior Advisor to The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation and a Senior Fellow to The Program on International Financial Systems, both at Harvard Law School. That’s not all, Marshall is also a Senior Fellow at Wharton and Georgetown.
As a thought leader, Marshall’s writings have concerned the unintended consequences of Dodd-Frank on financial services. He has written papers entitled ‘The State and Fate of Community Banking,’ ‘What’s Behind the Non-Bank Mortgage Boom,’ and ‘Out of Reach: Regressive Trends in Credit Card Access.’ All papers have been cited in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, among others. He has also released papers entitled ‘When Markets Quake: The Past, Present, and Future of Online Lending’ and ‘Hunting High and Low: The Decline of the Small IPO and What to Do About It.’
Apart from this, he is also a speaker and has spoken at the House of Small Business Committee, the Federal Reserve, and various universities and trade groups.
He began his career at McKinsey, where he served financial service firms across a variety of sub-sectors and functional areas. Marshall led McKinsey's and Boston Consulting Group's (BCG’s) private equity practice. He has extensive relationships across financial services and private equity (PE) Firms. After approximately 25 years, he left McKinsey to become the Chief Risk Officer for Chase (all consumer products globally) during the financial crisis. He then joined BCG, where he was a Senior Partner for five years, and in particular, helped build a private equity practice while serving financial institutions. For example, Marshall was BCG’s first Senior Partner and built the PE practice. Marshall continues to be an active advisor to BCG.
He attended the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and graduated Summa Cum Laude. Marshall also attended Harvard Business School where he was a Baker and Ford Scholar (awarded to the number one student in each graduate school).
Mr. Amit Dalmia joined the Board of Mphasis in September 2016. He is also an Executive Director in the Corporate Private Equity group in Blackstone and is based in Mumbai. After joining Blackstone in 2010, he has primarily been involved in creating and driving value-added initiatives across Blackstone portfolio companies in India. Before joining Blackstone, Amit gained diverse operational experience at Hindustan Unilever India (HUL) in various management and business leadership roles ranging from finance and accounts to commercial and supply chain. He has undergone a management training program with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; and subsequently worked extensively on in-company training at Unilever.
Amit is a chartered accountant (CA), company secretary (CS), and cost accountant (ICWA) with three gold medals for securing first ranks in the country.
He completed a bachelor’s degree in commerce (Hons.) from St. Xaviers' College, University of Kolkata, India.
Mr. Kabir Mathur joined the Board of Mphasis in December 2021. Mr. Mathur is Head of India and South East Asia within the Private Equities Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and is responsible for leading ADIAs investment and portfolio management activities in these regions.
Prior to joining ADIA in 2018, Mr. Mathur worked at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) where he was responsible for sourcing, executing and managing private equity investments in Asia. Mr. Mathur joined KKR in 2008, having previously worked at TPG Capital, also in their Asian private equity business. Mr. Mathur began his career in the Investment Banking division of Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney.
Mr. Mathur graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a BSc (Hons.) in Economics.
Mr. Pankaj Sood joined the Board of Mphasis in December 2021. Mr. Sood heads the Private Equity (Direct Investments) business of GIC Private Limited, a company incorporated in Singapore (“GIC”) in India and Africa. He joined GIC in 2010 and is based in the Mumbai office.
Mr. Sood has over 22 years of experience in private equity and M&A transactions in India. Prior to GIC, Mr. Sood was an investment banker in India in Kotak Investment Bank, Ernst & Young and SBI Capital Markets.
Mr. Sood is a post-graduate from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (1999) and has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1996).
Ms. Courtney della Cava joined the Board of Mphasis in December 2021. Ms. Courtney is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Talent & Leadership. Before joining Blackstone in 2021, Ms. Courtney served as a Partner at Bain & Company in its Leadership & Talent/Organization practice. With 20 years of global management consulting experience at Bain & Company across multiple sectors and geographies, Ms. Courtney most recently advised corporate and private equity clients on CEO succession, CEO and board effectiveness and broader organizational talent strategies and solutions, and she also built and led several of the firm’s global human capital teams and capabilities. She also served as a Partner and Managing Director for Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search and talent assessment firm, and European Marketing Director for M&M Mars. Earlier, she held product and marketing roles with Toyota/Lexus, and began her career at WPP/Hill and Knowlton. Ms. Courtney earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from The University of California, Los Angeles, with a B.A. in Economics.
Ms. Maureen Anne Erasmus joined the Board of Mphasis in December 2021. Ms. Erasmus has extensive experience in financial services including capital markets and banking having worked across developed and emerging markets for more than 35 years. Until 2017, she was a partner at Bain and Company Inc. (London), where she led major assignments across Europe, Middle East and Africa on corporate and investment banking turnaround strategies. Prior to this, she had held senior executive roles at Merrill Lynch in London and New York.
Currently, Ms. Erasmus is a non-executive director on the Board of Standard Bank Group, Johannesburg, Credit Suisse, UK and Vanguard, UK, besides being a Senior Independent Director of Mizuho International Plc, UK. She is also member of Global Advisory Board of African Leadership Institute and a non-executive director on the board of PSI Global Healthcare, USA, the not for profit entities. Ms. Erasmus is a graduate of the University of Cape Town.
Mr. Sunil Gulati joined Mphasis as an Independent Director of the Company in April 2024.
He is a Michael Dakolias Senior Lecturer in economics at the Economics Department of Columbia University and brings with him a wealth of academic and professional experience. He began his journey with Columbia University in 1986 serving as a faculty member for four years. In 1991, he ventured into international development with the World Bank's Young Professionals Program serving as a country economist for Moldova. After spending several years as an executive at World Cup USA 1994 and as a founding member of Major League Soccer he returned to Columbia University in 2003.
Hailing from Allahabad, India, Gulati's influence extends beyond academia into sports, particularly soccer. He has played a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of U.S. Soccer since the early 1980s, contributing significantly to the rise of the U.S. National Teams. He was elected U.S. Soccer President in 2006 and subsequently re-elected in 2010 and 2014. He served the sport at the international level as a member of the FIFA Executive Committee from 2013 to 2021 and on various committees and task forces, including the Independent Governance Committee, which provided recommendations for structural changes within FIFA.
He currently serves as the Chairman of UEFA's Club Financial Control Body and holds a directorship on the Board of T20 World Cup USA Inc. Gulati also serves as a trustee at Bucknell University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1981. Gulati's academic journey includes earning his M.A. and M. Phil. in Economics from Columbia University.
Mr. Girish Paranjpe joined the Board of Mphasis on October 01, 2024.
Mr. Girish Paranjpe is a co‐promoter of Exfinity Venture Partners, a venture fund which invests in tech start-ups. He is a General Partner at Exfinity and a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Paranjpe also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Axis Bank Limited, CRISIL Limited, Max Life Insurance Company Limited and Modenik Lifestyle Private Limited. Mr. Paranjpe is also a Director at IBS Plc. He has over 35 years of experience in the corporate world, holding various positions in companies such as Bloom Energy, Wipro, and Wimco.
Mr. Paranjpe began his career in 1982 as a management consultant at what is now Deloitte. He moved to Wipro in 1990, where he became the Joint CEO of Wipro's IT business and a member of the Board of Directors in 2008. After a 21-year stint at Wipro, Mr. Paranjpe left to join Bloom Energy in 2011 as the Managing Director of Bloom International. He was responsible for all international operations of Bloom Energy. In 2013, he joined Axis Bank as a Director.
Mr. Paranjpe has represented the IT Industry in various public forums including the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Information Technology, NASSCOM, International Advisory Board of Credit Agricole and leading global business schools.
Mr. Paranjpe is a commerce graduate and fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
Nitin Rakesh, a distinguished leader in the IT services industry, joined Mphasis as its Chief Executive Officer and Director in January 2017.
In the first year of taking on the mantle as the CEO of Mphasis, Nitin introduced Mphasis’ C= X2C2 =1TM formula for success, (hyper-personalization; drive n=1 powered by Cloud & Cognitive); driving multi-dimensions of business value with an integrated consumer-centric Front2BackTM Digital Transformation, enabling Business Operations, Technology Transformation and Service Transformation, driven by IP assets.
Under Nitin’s leadership, Mphasis set a record of highest deal wins in the history of the company, thus re-defining benchmarks and growing above industry rate. Mphasis' stock price observed an increase of 4x, in four years and revenue from digital projects increased substantially. His laser focus on quadra dimensional growth – consistent, profitable, competitive and responsible, led to enhanced shareholder value. His motto to accelerate value creation for customers, shareholders and employees builds a growth-focused culture within the company.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Nitin Rakesh was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Syntel (a NASDAQ listed IT Services Company). Nitin has a proven track record of delivering profitable growth at industry leading operating margins. Before he was appointed as the CEO, he served as President, Americas for Syntel, where he headed Business Development and North American operations.
Nitin has deep domain expertise in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance verticals. He has strong customer-orientation, large deal experience, and a track record of delivering transformative digital solutions. Nitin has an entrepreneurial mindset and is focused on launching innovative new service offerings, including in automation.
Nitin served at Syntel in various capacities (most recently as the CEO) from 2012 to 2016 and also before that between 2002 and 2008.
From 2008 to 2012, he served as the CEO and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. During his tenure, the company was named "Most Innovative ETF, Asia Pacific" at the 2011 ETF Awards in New York, and the "Most Innovative Mutual Fund, India" in 2010 at the Crisil - S&P Mutual Fund Awards. He is one of the first 250 CEOs globally across 26 countries who has committed to build an inclusive work environment, end disability inequality through business performance and create social and economic value of people living with disabilities across the world. In addition, he has worked with the TCG Group, a transnational private equity and investments firm as the Head of Banking & Financial Services Sales at TCG Software Services between 1999 and 2002
Earlier in his career, Nitin worked for Unit Trust of India, setting up offshore mutual funds and secondary Market Research Cell, Product Development and Risk Management divisions.
Recently, Nitin co-authored an award winning book, ’Transformation in Times of Crisis- Eight Principles for Creating Opportunities and Value in the Post- Pandemic World’, a business playbook for leaders and businesses to transform a crisis into an opportunity. The book has been recognized as ‘Best Business Book’ in the ‘Publication Award Category’ of American Business Awards and has won the International Business Book title at 2021 Business Book Awards. Recently, Nitin won the 2021 American Business Awards®- Management Awards - Bronze Stevie under the ‘Tech Innovator of the Year – Services’ category. In the past, he has been recognized with ‘2019 American Business Awards & International Business Awards – Gold Stevie’ under the ‘Tech Innovator of the Year – Services’ category. The 2018 International Business Awards and American Business Awards 2018 recognized Nitin as ‘Executive of the Year - Computer Services’, felicitating him with Gold Stevie under the Management award category. Nitin recently won the ‘2018 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business’ Award, recognizing him for the innovative growth strategy translating Mphasis into one of the fastest growing digital companies.
Nitin is also an active member of various institutions globally, such as US – India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) driving financial services council and business relations between US and India. He is the member of the NASSCOM executive council. He is also on the advisory board of the Knowledge@Wharton, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania’s driving digital transformation discussions at grass root level. He is a member of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council and an industry expert and practitioner with the Forbes Technology Council (FTC). Nitin globally advises their readers on current, as well as future, technologies and trends.
Nitin is a founding member of Plaksha University, a new model of engineering education and research through collective philanthropy to transform higher education in India.
Nitin holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from Delhi Institute of Technology, Delhi University and has received his Master’s in Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and is also an alumni of Harvard Business School’s CEO Workshop.
Aravind Viswanathan joined Mphasis on August 16, 2024. A member of the Executive Council at Mphasis, Aravind is the Chief Financial Officer and responsible for the finance function which includes Corporate Finance, Business Finance, Business Planning, Treasury, Taxation, investor relations, etc.
As an established finance leader for ~22 years, Aravind has extensive global leadership experience including shareholder value creation, mergers and acquisitions, financial and strategic planning and budgeting corporate governance.
In his most recent role, Aravind was the CFO of Tanla Platforms, a listed leading CPaaS player in India, since April 2021. Prior to this, Aravind spent 19 years at Wipro Limited, where he was responsible for handling Business Finance for the Strategic Business Units, Financial Planning & Analysis and Order to Cash processes. Before which, Aravind was the Corporate Treasurer and Vice President – Investor Relations (IR).
Aravind has won the CFO India Treasury 20 awards in 2016 and 2017. He was also ranked amongst the Top 3 in the 2011 All-Asia Executive Team rankings in the Sell-side survey under the category of ‘Best IR Professional’ by Institutional Investors. In February 2012, Aravind was ranked among the top 10 IR Professionals in the country by Thomson Reuters India Investor Relations Survey.
Aravind is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, where he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Madras.
Ayaskant Sarangi is the Chief Human Resource Officer and a member of the Executive Council at Mphasis with over two decades of experience in various facets of human resources and a deep commitment to driving organizational success through strategic human resources management. As CHRO, Ayaskant will be leading the company's global human resources strategy and operations; talent management, including recruitment and leadership development; overseeing the company's talent lifecycle and development including all aspects of HR Operations.
As a CHRO, Ayaskant has a proven track record of leading HR functions with expertise in various facets of human resources, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation and benefits, mergers, and acquisitions, learning and development, and analytics. He has not only overseen the HR function for service lines but has also provided strategic leadership to numerous Centers of Excellence (COEs) on a global scale, including those focused on leadership hiring, talent management, and learning and development.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Ayaskant served as the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Wipro Enterprises, where he led the company's human resources functions, having served at various HR leadership roles at Wipro Technologies prior to that. Earlier to Wipro, Ayaskant worked with organizations such as General Electric, Infosys Technologies, and Larsen & Toubro. During his tenure at General Electric, Ayaskant dedicated over a decade to the company, spending 8 years with GE Healthcare and three years with GE Corporate.
Ayaskant holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from NIT Surat and a master’s degree in human resources from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
Elango R, President – Enterprise 5 (E5), North America
Elango is President of Enterprise 5, which includes Insurance, Hi-Tech, Healthcare, ATTL (Airlines Travel, Transportation & Logistics), Healthcare, and Private Equity. He is responsible for client success, portfolio financial performance, and people within these units across Global offices. He has been a member of the Mphasis Executive Committee since 2006.
In his role, Elango orchestrates Mphasis’ deep technology expertise, domain, and industry specialization and enables our customers to visualize and help drive their long-term strategic priorities. He excels at harnessing the collective power of the Mphasis internal and partner ecosystem to help solve our client’s complex business problems.
Drawing on his diverse background, Elango serves as an advisor and sounding board to CXOs as they navigate their organizations through complex technology and business transformation journeys. He collaborates with them to find creative, workable solutions within the constraints of their competing priorities.
Having re-joined Mphasis in 2006, he has held various positions, including Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of Emerging Geo. He has also managed Business Operations, CSR, and Marketing/Communications.
Prior to Mphasis, Elango helped set up the offshore captive for Bank of America and in various roles across industries. He also serves on the board of The Gratitude Network and Kelp HR.
Elango has authored a book published by McGraw Hill titled “You Don’t Need a Godfather”, and currently produces a podcast called “Epiphanies with Elango”.
Elango has completed an Advanced Management Program from INSEAD, France, and holds a degree in Hotel Management from IHM-Madras.
Eric Winston is responsible for Mphasis’ global legal and compliance function and policies. He has spent nearly twenty years guiding international, market-leading, public, and private equity-owned IT companies.
Prior to Mphasis, Eric served for two years as Vice President - Legal, at Syntel, Inc., an IT services company, where he was responsible for advising executive management on a wide range of matters including domestic and international, strategic and commercial transactions, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, employment, business development, corporate governance, and compliance.
From 2002 through 2015, Eric served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of INTTRA, Inc., the world’s largest electronic transactional platform for the ocean shipping industry. His responsibilities included functions such as worldwide legal, privacy, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, intellectual property, patent strategy, and compliance activities, as well as government and regulatory affairs. He also managed INTTRA's human resources department. Eric joined INTTRA in 2001 as Director of Business Planning and Projects and was appointed as General Counsel in 2002.
Prior to INTTRA, Eric served as Director of Business Development for Newark-based Net2Phone, Inc., a leader in delivering voice services over data networks. Before working with Net2Phone, he served as Director of Strategic Relations for Inlumen, Inc., a web-based application service provider and content aggregator for the financial services industry, in New York City.
From 1996 through 1999, Eric was in private practice in New York City, where he specialized in complex civil litigation matters. From 1989 through 1994, Eric served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York.
Eric received his Juris Doctorate at the Emory University School of Law and his bachelor of arts degree in economics from Vassar College.
Veda Iyer is the Global Chief Marketing Officer, Head Sales APAC at Mphasis. She has over 20 years of Global FinTech experience and has been in various leadership roles across sales & marketing with leading multinational companies. In her role, she is responsible for accelerating growth, augment revenue with existing & prospective clients and enhance market share in the region. As Global CMO, she drives Corporate Marketing initiatives, including relationships with Third Party Advisors, Analysts and lead generation activities. In addition to leading the Research and Bid Management functions, Veda plays a pivotal role in fostering Mphasis' position as a market leader in Front2BackTM Transformation. She was responsible for the recent rebranding and repositioning initiative of Mphasis, as a next Applied Tech Company.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Veda was the Vice President, CEO's Office & Head - Strategic Marketing Group at Syntel Inc., where she was responsible for driving GTM strategies for Global Cloud Initiatives. Before moving to Syntel, she was Associate Vice President at ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd. as Head of the Banking and National Distributor Channels. Veda also worked with Reliance Securities, as National Head to set up the distribution network by partnering with companies from diverse business backgrounds. She began her career in ICICI Prudential in 2000, and performed various roles including Operations and International Business.
Veda has several awards to her name such as the Leader Influencer Award 2020 in Women in Tech: Leader/Innovator/Disruptor of the Year category by Kamikaze, and Global CMO of the Year for 2020 by Enterprise IT World. In 2019, she won the CMO Asia’s Women Leadership in Industry Award, in addition to being recognized in 100 Most Innovative MarTech Leaders and amongst India's Top 100 Women in Finance by Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) in the Leading category. Apart from this, Veda also won the Woman in Technology award at the 2019 ISG Paragon EMEA Awards.
She earned her Master's degree in Business Management from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Veda was part of the Adobe Luminary Program conducted by the Indian School of Business and the Learning at Speed of Customer at CALTECH.
Srikumar is an industry veteran with over three decades of rich experience in senior technology roles in the financial services sector. Over the course of his journey, he has seamlessly applied technology and innovation in addressing business opportunities and challenges. In his current role, he heads the Portfolio Group, leading a team of Industry Specialists, Solution & Enterprise Architects and Cloud Experts and all the go-to-market tribes. In this role, Sri is responsible to ensure that Mphasis solution offerings are best in class, innovative and in the path of relevance to our customers. Prior to his current role as Senior Vice President, Global Head Industry Solutions, he was responsible for building the vertical industry focus.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Sri served as Regional CIO at Citibank, leading the consumer banking technology for Citibank in Asia. While in this role, he initiated a number of digital innovations as well as conceptualizing and executing a Core Banking Modernization effort across Asia. While he started his career as a software engineer, he quickly specialized in Financial services becoming the CIO for the Singapore Derivatives Exchange, where he played a key role in introducing electronic trading and near real-time clearing operations.
Srikumar holds a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in marketing from XLRI and a bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
Ravi Vasantraj is a member of the Executive Council at Mphasis, overseeing Global Delivery, which includes application services, infrastructure, and business process services. As a global P&L owner, Ravi focuses on business growth, customer relationships, and transformation, while leading large-scale strategic programs, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture setups, and partnerships to leverage the company’s strengths in next gen technologies.
Ravi has over 30 years of experience in diverse customer markets and industry verticals. He has expertise in managing top-line growth and operating margins, as well as identifying and converting key business growth opportunities.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Ravi served as the Global Head of BFSI practice for Tech Mahindra, where he was responsible for driving the business growth as well as creating innovative offerings, and forging niche partnerships. Before Tech Mahindra, he led large business portfolios at Syntel Inc. and Tata Consultancy Services.
Ravi holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai and is a Certified Management Accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI).
Rohit Jayachandran heads the Banking & Financial Services industry vertical in North America, at Mphasis. He is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in financial services technology space. Rohit has a deep understanding of the industry's unique challenges and opportunities and is passionate about transformation through technology.
He leads a team of experts who are dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that help financial institutions drive agility, modernize, innovate and increase profitability. Rohit also an eye for emerging technologies and is continually looking for ways to help clients stay ahead of the curve.
Previously, Rohit led the Strategic Accounts Business for the firm, championing the HiTech, HiTouch, HiTrust value proposition across marquee customers. He also worked with the Mphasis Sparkle Labs to institutionalize a nerve center for contextual innovation that propelled the technology roadmap for financial services.
He has played multiple roles in Mphasis through his tenure, delivering complex programs for customers and launching Mphasis Canada. He has a stellar track record of acquiring businesses and delivering consistent growth.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Rohit worked at Bank of New York Mellon, where he developed complex trading systems. He holds a Master's in Management and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering.
Ashish Devalekar, a seasoned leader with over two decades of experience in driving consistent growth in Europe across industry verticals, is currently spearheading Mphasis' Europe business. In his role, Ashish leverages his proven track record of transforming businesses into high growth units. His wealth of expertise extends to originating and closing large deals, building high-performing teams, and implementing effective Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies.
Ashish’s expertise lies in aligning business strategy with technology and transformation, consistently delivering value for clients in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), Technology, Media and entertainment, and Telecommunications (TMT), and Life Sciences sectors. His contributions have demonstrably fostered growth. During his previous role at Virtusa, he was instrumental in turning around a business unit, transforming unit into the company's largest SBU within a short timeframe.
Ashish's ability to build and lead high-performing teams is well-established. His collaborative leadership style and focus on talent development have resulted in several recognition in his previous roles. His diverse experience encompasses serving on the Capgemini UK Country Board, overseeing a £2Bn+ business, and championing diversity and inclusion as the lead for Financial Services UK&I.
Ashish thrives in diverse environments, consistently delivering growth across large global corporates, niche BFSI domain companies, and PE-owned firms. His track record includes securing numerous multi-million dollar deals with industry leaders in the BFSI vertical. He also played a key role in establishing Polaris operations in 12 European countries, contributing significantly to regional revenue growth.