Wipro Appoints Abid Ali Neemuchwala as Group President and Chief Operating Officer
March 16 2015 - 1:46AM
Business Wire
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information technology,
consulting and business process services company, today announced
the appointment of Abid Ali Neemuchwala as the Group President and
Chief Operating Officer of the company, effective April 1,
2015.
In his role, Abid will head the Service Lines of Global
Infrastructure Services, Business Application Services, Business
Process Services, and Advanced Technology Solutions. He will also
head Business Operations; the geographies comprising Continental
Europe, Africa, and LATAM; Strategic Engagements, Advisor
Relationships as well as the Marketing function.
Welcoming Abid to Wipro, TK Kurien, Chief Executive Officer and
Member of the Board, said, “Abid brings invaluable experience with
his track record of building and scaling businesses. I am confident
his deep understanding of technology and expertise in all facets of
IT & BPS businesses will help power our businesses to greater
heights.”
Commenting on his appointment, Abid said, “I am honored to join
Wipro, a company with a rich heritage of technology innovation and
unflinching commitment to values. I look forward to contributing
towards the company’s next phase of growth.”
Abid was, until recently, with Tata Consultancy Services where
he headed Business Process Services globally. He was involved in
several leadership roles during his 23-year-long career with
TCS.
A chess buff, Abid is an Electronics & Communication
engineer from NIT, Raipur and has a Masters in Industrial
Management from IIT, Mumbai. He is married with 3 children and
lives in Dallas, Texas.
About Wipro Ltd.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology,
Consulting and Business Process Services company that delivers
solutions to enable its clients to do business better. Wipro
delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry
experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" -
helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A
company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of
services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and
an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a
workforce of over 150,000, serving clients in 175+ cities across 6
continents. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.
Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth
prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of
risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks
and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not
limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our
earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage
growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain
our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract
and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on
fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration,
restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our
international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability
to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the
companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of
fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal
restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside
India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general
economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional
risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully
described in our filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We
may, from time to time, make additional written and oral
forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the
company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us
or on our behalf.
Wipro Ltd.Vipin Nair, +91 80 39916450vipin.nair1@wipro.com
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