Challenging Times: Capgemini’s Delaporte to be Wipro’s new CEO

Wipro, the country’s fourth largest IT services company, on Friday announced the appointment of Capgemini’s chief operating officer and a member of the French IT major’s group executive board, Thierry Delaporte, as its CEO and managing director. Delaporte will be based in Paris and will join the company from July 6 and report to Wipro’s chairman Rishad Premji.

The new CEO will bring consulting experience across several industry verticals, particularly the financial services as he has spent two decades heading that vertical. Commenting on the appointment, Delaporte said, “I look forward to working closely with Rishad, the board, senior leadership and the hugely talented employees of Wipro to turn a new chapter of growth and build a better tomorrow for all our stakeholders.”