Ericsson appoints Amitabh Ray MD of global services in India

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson today appointed Amitabh Ray as Managing Director of its global service division in India.
"Amitabh Ray is appointed Managing Director of Ericsson India Global Services Pvt Ltd. Currently acting Head of Strategy and Portfolio within Business Unit Global Services, Amitabh will continue to be a member of the Unit's Leadership Team in his new role," Ericsson said in a statement.
The company operates in the country through its entities -- Ericsson India Global Services and Ericsson India Pvt Ltd.
EIGS is spread across five locations in India - Noida, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata - and provides vendor and technology-agnostic support across consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, operations, engineering, network rollout and softwares.

Ray will report to Head of Business Unit Global Services Magnus Mandersson.
"With over 20 years' experience in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) services industry, I am confident Amitabh will ensure that Ericsson's services portfolio in India continues to deliver enormous value to our global customers," Mandersson said.

Ray has been with Ericsson India Global Services in 2010 as Vice President and Head of Consulting and Systems Integration, Application Development and Maintenance and Project Management Office based in Kolkata.
He has previously held senior positions across both IBM and PwC.
Ray said India, with its vast pool of ICT talent, is a strategic location for Ericsson.