Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) board has approved the re-appointment of Gopinathan as CEO and MD for a term of five years from February 21, 2022, to February 20, 2027.
The company has also approved the re-appointment of N. Ganapathy Subramaniam as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director from February 21, 2022 to May 19, 2024, as per the retirement age policy of the Company.
Rajesh was elevated to the role of Chief Executive in February 2017 for 5 years (which completes in 2022) after serving as the Chief Financial Officer since 2013. He has played a key role in helping TCS become a USD 20.9 billion global company. With over 424,000 consultants, TCS is one of the largest private-sector employers globally and was recognized as a Global Top Employer for the third consecutive year, with the highest retention rate in a competitive industry.
Prior to his role as Chief Financial Officer, Rajesh was the Vice President – Business Finance. In this role, he was responsible for the financial management of the company’s individual operating units.
Rajesh joined Tata Consultancy Services in 2001 from the Tata Industries and worked to drive TCS’ newly established e-business unit in the United States. He was also involved in the design, structure, and implementation of the new organizational structure and operating model of the company. He has also worked on multiple assignments with Tata companies as part of the Tata Strategic Management Group since 1996.
Rajesh was awarded the 2019 Management Man Achiever of the year by Bombay Management Association. He was also named one of Top 100 Global CEOs in the Brand Guardianship Index 2019. Recently he was honored with CEO Force for Good Award by the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) at its annual Board of Boards event in New York, for the global scale and impact of its employee volunteerism, community engagement, STEM education, and digital re-skilling programs.
Rajesh was also ranked ‘Best CEO’ in Institutional Investor’s 2018 All Asia Executive Team rankings. In 2014 he was awarded the “Young Alumni Achiever’s Award” under “Corporate Leader” category from IIM, Ahmedabad.
An electrical and electronic engineer from REC Trichy (now NIT, Trichy), Rajesh graduated in 1994, before pursuing his Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad.
N. Ganapathy Subramaniam (NGS) is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Director of TCS since February 2017. NGS has been instrumental in guiding the company’s transformation towards enterprise agility, excellence & rigor in operations, risk & compliance, enterprise security besides strategic deployment of infrastructure and resources during the last 4+ years. He also manages several strategic client relationships, oversees some of the subsidiary’s business performance, and drives our tools, patents, products & platforms portfolio.
