Mahindra Satyam reshuffles top positions

Mahindra Satyam on Tuesday announced a reshuffle of its top brass, ringing in the entry of two senior-level Tech Mahindra officials at key positions. The company also officially announced the posting of former chief executive officer A S Murty as its chief technology officer.

Ex-Tech Mahindra executive, Rakesh Soni, takes over as the new chief operating officer of the company. He will head the delivery for manufacturing, BFSI, emerging verticals and strategic accounts. He will also lead the integration, corporate plan-ning and strategy portfolio.

Another Tech Mahindra official to have got a look in is Atul Kanwar. Kanwar will head the business development and operations for the regional business groups (Europe, Australasia, West Asia, Africa and India) while Manish Mehta will head the delivery for these businesses.

In a statement, Mahi-ndra Satyam described the changes as aimed at sustaining the recovery and positioning of the company for long-term growth. “Key aspects of the new organisation design include integrating sales and delivery into a ‘two-in-a-box’ collaborative model, strengthening industry verticals, regional focus, competency groups, align-ing business consulting capabilities, and rationa-lising support functions into logical groups,” the company said.

A person close to the development said the changes had been in the pipeline for a while. “The appointees had been decided for the various posts some time ago. It was just a matter of time before they were made public,” the person told Financial Chronicle.

Another key appoint-ment is that of Keshab Panda as head of the business development and operations for manu-facturing, BFSI, emerging verticals and strategic accounts.

T R Anand will head the business development and operations for telecom, media & entertainment, tech infra and semicon-ductor verticals in addition to channel business through alliance partners, Tech Mahindra and new technology companies. Ravi Bommakanti will head the delivery for these busi-nesses. Hari T will handle the dual role of chief people officer and chief marketing officer.

“This new organisa-tional structure is aimed at providing better service to clients as well as increasing efficiency and reducing costs,” the person said.