BADRINATH SRINIVASAN DESIGNATED WIPRO SOUTHEAST ASIA MANAGING DIRECTOR

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 -- Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has announced the appointment of Badrinath Srinivasan (Badri) as the Managing Director for Southeast Asia.

Badri will focus not only on Wipro’s vision for business growth, revenue expansion, client and influencer relationships, talent development and brand building, but also strengthen the key markets of Southeast Asia focusing on large deals and strategic transformational engagements.

In his most recent role, Badri was the Asia leader for the Financial Services and Insurance verticals at Infosys whereby, over his nearly 20-year tenure, he held multiple leadership positions in sales and consulting across the United States of America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific markets.

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“Southeast Asia has been a strategic focus region for Wipro over the years and, even more so now, with the region’s growing demand for comprehensive digital transformation solutions, agility and scale, specialised technology requirements and innovation.

“I’m excited to welcome Badri to lead our Southeast Asia business, and confident that his leadership and deep understanding of the market will help clients succeed and drive our growth ambition in this region,” said N. S. Bala, CEO, APMEA, Wipro Limited in a statement.

Meanwhile, Badri said: “It is a privilege to join Wipro, an organisation that I truly admire for its culture and values. Southeast Asia is seeing significant technology modernisation and I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with an outstanding team and our ecosystem of partners as we continue to deliver value for our customers.”

Badri holds an Engineering degree in Electronics & Communications and is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. He is based in Singapore and will report to Bala.

Southeast Asia is one of the six focus regions that comprise Wipro's APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East, India and Africa) Strategic Market Unit. Wipro has been present in Southeast Asia for over a decade, having partnered with leading public and private sector enterprises across multiple industry verticals in their business transformation and digital journeys.

-- BERNAMA