Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announces change in senior management under new CEO K Krithivasan
3 min read 29 Jul 2023, 11:26 AM ISTTCS executive vice-president K Ananth Krishnan will no more remain in SMP due to his retirement falling in October 2023
PremiumTata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced change in senior management positions (SMP). The Indian IT major informed Indian stock market bourses about the changes in its exchange communication. TCS executive vice-president K Ananth Krishnan will no more remain in SMP due to his upcoming retirement. As per the exchange filing TCS informed that Ananth Krishnan will be no longer in SMP from 31st of July 2023 due to his retirement falling in October 2023.
The Tata group company went on to add that chief services innovation officer Dr Harrick Vin will take over as an SMP from August 1, 2023. Dr Harrick Vin is a TCS fellow with over three decades of experience in academia and industry. Prior to this role, Harrick headed TCS Digitate.
TCS also announced that Rajashree R would no longer be SMP. Shankar Narayanan, V Rajanna, Ashok Pai, Reguraman Ayyaswamy and Siva Ganesan have been designated as new SMPs from July 31st, 2023.
“Based on the discussions with customers and associates over the last couple of months, we believe, TCS can deliver the best value to the customers by synergising it’s domain and contextual knowledge across units. In this context, we have announced the new operating structure, which regroups our existing ISUs along industry segments into key Business groups. The above changes will help in deepening customer centricity, which is pivotal to our growth," said TCS spokesperson.
Here we list out brief profile of the new appointees as shared by TCS:
Dr Harrick Vin
Dr Harrick Vin is a TCS Fellow and Chief Services Innovation Officer at TCS. He has been in the academia and industry for over 30 years and has been with TCS for 18 years. Prior to this role, Harrick headed TCS Digitate. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and a distinguished Alumnus of IIT Mumbai. Prior to joining TCS, he was a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin for 15 years.
Shankar Narayanan
Shankar Narayanan is a Senior Vice President at TCS and has been with the company for over 30 years. He has held various important roles including the Global Head of the Retail, CPG, Travel & Hospitality businesses at TCS and Business Excellence & Transformation of large accounts. Shankar has also been the Head of TCS’ UK and Ireland Market responsible for driving business strategy, sales, operations, and delivery as well as nurturing executive relationships with customers.
V Rajanna
V Rajanna is a Senior Vice President at TCS and the Head of the Communications, Media and Technology businesses. With 32 years in the IT industry, he has been with the company for over 29 years. Prior to this role, Rajanna was the Head of the Technology Business Unit. He has also been the Head of TCS’ Hyderabad location and played an important role in the growth of that centre.
Siva Ganesan
Siva Ganesan is a Senior Vice President at TCS and the Global Head of the Microsoft Business Unit. Siva has been with Company for over 32 years and has across-the board experience in sales, solutioning, operations, program management, delivery and global account management. Prior to this, he was heading the Travel, Transportation and Hospitality businesses at TCS.
In a memo sent to colleagues reviewed by PTI, Krithivasan - who took over from Gopinathan as the head of the largest tech exporter on June 1 - said meetings with staffers and clients over the past two months led to the decision.
"…it has become increasingly evident that TCS could deliver the best value to our customers by synergising our domain and contextual knowledge across units," Krithivasan wrote.
A company spokesperson said the new operating structure regroups existing industry solutions units (ISUs) along industry segments into key business groups and added that the changes will help in deepening customer centricity, which it feels is key to growth.
This is the fourth reorganisation in the company in the last few years. Gopinathan had effected two such moves, while his predecessor N Chandrasekaran had also introduced one during his stint.
*With agency inputs
