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After Infosys, now Wipro hires a Capgemini top executive as CEO & MD

Appoints French IT services firm's COO Thierry Delaporte for its top post

Thierry Delaporte
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Wipro announced that Delaporte who is Capgemini’s COO and also a member of the group executive board, would join the company as its CEO & MD

Debasis Mohapatra Bengaluru
Capgemini’s top executive Thierry Delaporte is all set to be the next chief executive officer and managing director of Wipro from July 6. He will be the first foreign national to lead the Bengaluru-headquartered firm since its inception. It will also be the first instance of a top five Indian IT services firm onboarding a foreign national for driving growth.

Incidentally, two of the leading Bengaluru-headquartered IT firms — Wipro and Infosys — will now have CEOs and MDs who were working with French IT services major Capgemini in leadership roles. Salil Parekh, the CEO and MD at Infosys, was a

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