Who will succeed Nandan Nilekani at Infosys?
27 Jun 2009
New Delhi: Infosys has not named anybody who would fill Nandan Nilekani's shoes but expressed confidence that leadership transition would be a smooth affair as was in the past.
"There is no discussion on this (Nilekani's replacement) as of now," an Infosys spokesperson said.
According to industry sources, Mohandas Pai, HR head and a board member, is likely to succeed Nilekani. However, when asked the company declined to comment on this.
Ending speculation on who would succeed Nilekani, Gopalakrishnan told the media that nobody was slated at present to fill Nilekani's position and the former co-chairman's responsibilities would be distributed among the top executives.
"There are two things -- one is as a member of the Board he (Nilekani) has resigned and the Board has to decide whether he needs to be replaced or not. Right now there are no discussions on that," Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan said talking to private television news channel.
"On his executive role, other people will take over ... we have exceptional leadership. Infosys will manage this without loosing any momentum as we have done in the past," he added.
