Keshav R Murugesh

Keshav R. Murugesh

Keshav Murugesh in 2014
Born (1963-08-17) 17 August 1963
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Alma mater Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Andhra University
Occupation Group Chief Executive Officer and Director, WNS (Holdings) Ltd.
Chairman NASSCOM BPM Forum [1]
Salary $1.2 million (2011)[2]

Keshav R. Murugesh is the Group Chief Executive Officer of WNS Global Services, a NYSE listed company in the Business Process Management (BPM) business. He is also the Chairman of the NASSCOM BPM Council.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Murugesh was born in Chennai. His father, M. K. Murugesh, is a Ranji Trophy cricketer, who represented Madras and was a key member of the team that won the Ranji trophy for the first time ever, in 1955, for Madras as part of Balu Alaganan's team.[4] Keshav’s mother, Arati Murugesh was the first manager of the first Indian Women’s cricket team.[5]

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.[6][7]

Career

Murugesh started his career in 1989 with the Internal Audit department at ITC Limited, a diversified conglomerate. He worked in various departments and businesses in ITC Limited. He became its Vice President, Finance.[6]

Murugesh joined Syntel Inc. as CFO in 2002, became its President and COO in 2004 and CEO in early 2009.[8]

In February 2010, Murugesh joined WNS Global Services as its CEO.[7]

Awards

Murugesh received the CA Business Leader of 2013 Award in the corporate sector by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)[9] and is a recipient of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2015 [10]

He is also a recipient of the Social Entrepreneurship award at Asia's Best CSR Practices Awards 2011 for outstanding contributions as an entrepreneur to society.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Keshav Murugesh Chairman". NASSCOM. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. 1 2 "Keshav Murugesh". Forbes.
  3. ↑ "Keshav Murugesh". NASSCOM. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  4. ↑ "Memories of Madras - Life on a gentler wicket". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  5. ↑ "Team India in plaits-Arati Murugesh". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  6. 1 2 "Keshav Murugesh Education". IIFL. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  7. 1 2 "Keshav Murugesh Appointed CEO of WNS". CXO Today. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  8. ↑ "Keshav Murugesh appointed Syntel's CEO". Silicon India. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Keshav Murugesh" (PDF). ICAI. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  10. ↑ "Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2015". thoughtdarts. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  11. ↑ "Keshav Murugesh". Silicon India. Retrieved 2013-11-11.


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