C Vijayakumar (CVK or Vijay) is the CEO & Managing Director of HCLTech, a $13.4 billion global technology company. Led by 219,000 professionals working across 60 countries around the globe, HCLTech helps forward looking enterprises re-imagine their businesses through transformative technology solutions, services, and products.

As the company’s CEO & MD, Vijay has spearheaded HCLTech’s strategy to leverage disruptive forces like Digitalization, Cloud, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence to create a growth blueprint which has made HCLTech one of the fastest growing companies in its chosen markets. He has also played a pivotal role in incubating and building a new products and platforms portfolio for the company, which is a billion-dollar business unit today.

Vijay’s personal leadership on this journey has been lauded across the industry with Business Today, rating him as the ‘Best CEO of the Year’ in IT/ITES Industry. He has also been included in the list of ‘Top 10 Disruptive CEOs’ by industry analyst group, HfS.

Vijay joined HCL nearly three decades back as a member of the core team that designed and implemented India’s first ever fully automated trading network at the National Stock Exchange. Previously, as President of HCLTech’s Infrastructure Services Business, he led its exponential growth and market dominance over the years. As part of the founding team of its wholly owned subsidiary HCL Comnet, he and the team are widely credited with having founded the Remote Infrastructure Management proposition which is today a multi-billion-dollar global industry.

Over the years, Vijay has held several technology, business and operational leadership positions at HCLTech and is widely recognized in the industry for his strategic thinking and impeccable execution. He is currently member of the World Economic Forum’s IT Governor’s Community, a Board Member of the US-India Business Council, a member of WSJ’s CEO Council and a UN Women HeForShe Champion.

Vijay is deeply invested in accelerating the company’s ESG agenda, efforts around which have resulted in HCLTech being recognized as an ESG leader in software and services industry in the MSCI ESG ratings and Sustainalytics’ 2023 Top-Rated ESG companies list. The company has also been designated an ‘Industry Mover’ in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2023.

Known for his hands-on approach, Vijay’s leadership style has been commended in the business bestseller ‘Blueprint to a billion: 7 essentials to achieve exponential growth’ by management guru David G. Thomson.

Vijay is a graduate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India and lives in New Jersey in the USA.

Shiv Walia took over as the CFO of HCLTech in September 2024.

Shiv started his professional career with HCL in 1993 and has served across several finance leadership roles in India, Singapore, Australia and United Kingdom. Most recently, he was the Corporate Vice President Finance responsible for Global FP&A and Business Operations. He has a track record of successfully managing strategic growth and margin expansion programs for the business. He has also led strategic initiatives, M&A integration and managing critical relationships for the company. He is a graduate in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, India, also a Cost Accountant and a Chartered Accountant from both India and Australia.

As COO – Corporate Functions, Rahul Singh is responsible for the People, Information Technology, Marketing, Risk & Compliance and Administration functions of HCLTech.

Rahul has been with HCLTech for over 12 years. Prior to his current role, he served as President - Financial Services and Digital Process Operations, under his leadership, the company has built a robust financial services portfolio and a DPO unit that manages large, multi-billion dollar engagements.

Rahul has over 35 years of experience in outsourcing, technology and financial services. He is widely recognized as an industry pioneer in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) segment in India and has been the recipient of the 2016 ‘Pioneer BPM Achiever’ award. Rahul started his career with Citibank and played a key role in launching new businesses. In 1998, he founded Citigroup Global Service (eServe International) and served as its first Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.

Rahul exemplifies HCLTech’s commitment to being a partner to its clients with relationships that support client business growth. His zeal for building strong teams and his methodical approach to processes and implementation have set high benchmarks in the industry. He takes a keen interest in sustainability and renewability and promotes initiatives that further these goals. Rahul also serves as a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM, the apex Indian technology industry association.

Rahul is a mechanical engineer and an MBA (Finance) from Mumbai University, India. He has also completed a Senior Executive Program from the London Business School, UK.

As the Chief People Officer, Ramachandran Sundararajan leads HCLTech’s talent management agenda to support the company’s strategic objective of being the employer of choice globally.

Ram has three decades of HR management experience in IT Services business across the UK, India and US Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at HCLTech America and a member of HCLTech’s Corporate HR Leadership Council.

He has spent nearly two decades as European HR Director for HCLTech and other technology companies. During this time, he specialized in managing HR workstream in M&A and large-scale IT outsourcing engagements as well as Performance and Incentive designs for IT services sales organization across global geographies. Before moving to the UK, he held various HR management positions in India.

Ram is a Graduate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) UK. He holds a post graduate degree in Human Resources Management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India and an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), India.

Ajay Bahl is responsible for developing the vision, competencies and leadership through industry-leading solutions that bring the best of HCLTech’s transformative technologies and capabilities such as digital and analytics, IoT, cloud, robotics, AI, security and engineering domains, among others.

An HCLTech veteran, Ajay joined the company in 1998 as part of the HCL Senior Management Trainee program. Since then, he has held many positions, including working on the CEO's Strategic Leadership Team, mergers and acquisitions, product acquisitions and product management.

He is also part of HCLTech's Customer Advisory Board, where HCLTech’s major C-level customers and thought leaders provide recommendations on critical strategic issues and share best practices and insights into future trends, solutions and implementation approaches identified by HCLTech.

Ajit Kumar is responsible for reimagining the business processes and the underlying technology to transform the company into a truly global digital organization.

Prior to becoming CIO, Ajit was responsible for the delivery of application services to support HCLTech clients’ digital transformation efforts. He was also responsible for diversifying the company’s delivery landscape by leveraging capabilities in Tier 2 cities in India and other low-cost locations in Asia and near-shore centers in Europe and LatAm.

Before joining HCLTech, Ajit held several roles at Accenture, including establishing its consulting business in India and incubating and growing the offshore technology capability in India, the Philippines, China and Eastern Europe. He was a Managing Director of global technology delivery for the Resources market unit, covering oil and gas, chemicals, metals, mining and utilities.

Anil Ganjoo is responsible for driving next-generation growth into the Telecommunications, Media, Technology, and Retail; Consumer Packaged Goods businesses and is focused on creating market momentum and leadership through innovative solutions and disruptive market development as well as building strategic world-class customer relationships and an industry-specific partner ecosystem.

Anil has been an early proponent and passionate champion of diversity in leadership and the empowerment agenda within HCLTech. He is also an early member of HCLTech’s “Talent Council,” dedicated to identifying, encouraging and mentoring young leaders.

His work has allowed him to contribute to HCLTech’s growth through various roles, responsibilities and geographies.

Ashish Kumar Gupta is responsible for growing the business in Europe and Africa for diversified industries. Under his leadership, HCLTech has become one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Europe.

In 2019, Ashish was nominated to the board of TechUK and the World Economic Forum (WEF)—European Regional Business Council. In this role, he is focused on improving the collaboration between corporations and start-ups, boosting digital education and upskilling.

Ashish is widely respected as one of the more disruptive voices on topics such as direct-to-consumer, IT outsourcing, cloud and the need to create strategic partnerships with clients. He has spoken at many prestigious industry platforms and continues to drive thought leadership for HCLTech.

Hari spearheads the strategy and growth of Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) division at HCLTech.

Hari is focused on positioning HCLTech to capitalize on the market opportunities, as the engineering services sector reaches an inflection point and digital engineering drives the next phase of growth for enterprises. Under his leadership, ERS helps G2000 companies leverage technology innovations built on the strong foundation of domain-centric engineering capabilities of ERS.

Hari has been instrumental in driving the M&A strategy and has led some of our large acquisitions and successful post-merger integrations.

A passionate go-to-market leader with over three decades of experience in the engineering domain, Hari brings expertise in engineering operations, business development, product management, and product engineering. At HCLTech, Hari has successfully led and grown the Manufacturing, Medical, and Transportation (MMT) organization within ERS where he oversaw global sales and delivery. He is passionate about diversity, inclusion and mentoring young talent. He is also a Board Member of Butler Aerospace, America.

Jagadeshwar Gattu, fondly known as 'Jags,' is responsible for spearheading strategy, offerings, growth and service delivery, constantly disrupting the status quo and evolving the Digital Foundation business to be the foundation of the digital enterprise.

As the head of DFS, Jags strategically navigates the ever-evolving digital landscape across hybrid cloud, digital workplace, network & telecom, cybersecurity, unified service management, and intelligent operations driving hyper-growth and best-in-class customer satisfaction. Also, he has been instrumental in expanding business opportunities across diverse business verticals in new markets and geographies.

Jags is passionate about sustainability, diversity, inclusion and team enablement. He and his teams have contributed tremendously to HCL Foundation initiatives and volunteering activities for the betterment of our communities. He is a strategic thinker with a pragmatic approach to strategy, execution and problem-solving. Prior to his tenure at HCLTech, he co-founded an Identity and Access Management firm, ILANTUS Technologies and implemented various enterprise management technologies with computer associates.

He is a founding member of HCLTech’s Infrastructure business, establishing HCLTech as a leading infrastructure services business. He currently resides in Dallas with his wife and two sons.

Jill Kouri is responsible for developing and building the HCLTech brand as well as driving growth across the company's broadening suite of technology services and products. Jill leads all marketing functions across the global business, including corporate marketing, vertical and horizontal marketing, recruitment marketing, corporate communications and digital marketing.

Prior to joining HCLTech, Jill served as the Chief Marketing Officer, Americas for JLL and held various marketing leadership roles for Accenture, including serving as global head of marketing for the $10 billion Products Operating Group.

A strong believer in the advancement of women in the workplace, Jill has long supported Dress for Success, serving on the not-for-profit organization’s advisory council. She was named a 2016 Woman of Influence by the Chicago Business Journal.

Kalyan Kumar, popularly known as KK, is the Chief Product Officer for HCLSoftware, the software business unit of HCLTech. He is responsible for all portfolio and product groups, driving central engineering, cloud and SaaS platforms, IT, security, and compliance for HCLSoftware.

KK has been with HCLTech for over two decades. He joined the company (HCL COMNET division) in 2000 and has since held various leadership roles across solutions, business development, alliance management, practice, CoE. He also donned the hat of Global Chief Technology Officer and Head – Ecosystems, overseeing all product and technology strategy, emerging technology incubation, and the overall cloud offering – CloudSMART. He led the HCLTech ecosystem units spanning cloud, TechOEMs, Telcos, and the start-up ecosystem e-STiP.

KK is a member of the Wall Street Journal CIO Network and the CNBC Technology Executive Council. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and part of the WEF Global Future Council 2020 and 2021 for Quantum Computing and the WEF 2021 CDO Community. He has co-authored eight books in the domains of business technology and service management. In 2021 and 2022, Technology Magazine named KK in their Global Top 100 Technology Leaders.

He is the Trustee and Chairman of a London-based charity that drives the adoption of cricket in state schools and continues to engage with the community on holistic development with sports. He is an active member of eight County Cricket Clubs and select academies and is a life member of the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

KK actively follows and plays cricket, squash, and golf – and he follows football, rugby, and F1. He is a musician and was the drummer and percussionist for the Delhi-based group, Contraband. He now occasionally plays in the local gig circuit in London.

Kevin McGee is responsible for the company’s risk oversight and corporate risk management strategy. He also steers the Risk and Compliance Apex Committee, which oversees the implementation and governance of risk management and compliance programs across HCLTech.

Prior to joining HCLTech in 2014, Kevin was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Risk Officer at CIT Group Inc. Kevin has held senior risk and information security roles including, Chief Information Security Officer at Freddie Mac, Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs.

Dr. Nidhi Pundhir is responsible for shaping and executing programmatic frameworks aligned to sustainable development goals for the most disadvantaged and isolated communities.

With more than 25 years of experience in actualizing Human Rights at national and international levels, some of the key portfolios she has held were with SOS Children’s Villages as Director Programme Development, Asia and Plan International’s International Headquarters as Global Advisor on Child Protection in Development.

Nidhi holds a doctorate in Public Health Management from IIHMR University, Jaipur and M.Phil. in Health Systems Management from BITS, Pilani, India.

Pawan leads the global Digital Business Services unit at HCLTech. At the center of digital transformation, we continue to witness a strong momentum around Product Operating Model change, Application Modernization, Platform Engineering and Data and AI, with a focus on shaping new experiences and outcomes, which is what Pawan brings as a unique value for customers and ecosystems/ecosystem partners.

He is responsible for the services strategy and end-to-end execution for Digital Business across the globe. He plays a key role in shaping strategies for ITO and digital services for global enterprises. He is a member of HCLTech’s Customer Advisory Board with active participation in shaping the future of the organization. He is also instrumental in supporting diversity and inclusion, sustainability and talent transformation charters at HCLTech.

Pawan is also an avid reader, follows cricket passionately and has keen interest in technology and its impact on our lives.

Raghu Kidambi is responsible for the Digital Process Operations business at HCLTech.

With over 25 years of experience, Raghu is a Process Transformation leader who has led numerous strategic initiatives in client acquisition, go-to-market strategies, and digital value proposition development. His rich experience cuts across major industries including Banking, Manufacturing, High Tech, Media, Telecom, and Utilities.

He is a results-oriented leader with a track record of successfully building businesses and high-performing teams for large-scale business and IT transformation initiative resulting in Multibillion Dollar vaue creation for HCL Clients

Raghu R Lakshmanan is responsible for HCLTech’s global legal, ethics, regulatory affairs and compliance functions and policies.

He also heads the Ethics Committee for HCLTech and has played a key role in negotiating some of the major M&A and strategic contract pursuits HCLTech has done. Prior to his current role, he led the global compliance and litigation function and US legal department.

Rahul Mohta leads the Enterprise Performance Office & Global Procurement Services at HCLTech. He has been with HCLTech for over 13 years out of his total work experience of nearly two and half decades. Rahul helps drive enterprise-level target setting, performance evaluation, design and implementation of margin improvement initiatives. He also heads global procurement for HCLTech, focusing on strengthening business, compliances and financial competitiveness.

Rajiv Shesh is responsible for revenue growth across HCLTech’s Products and Platforms Business.

Prior to his current role, Rajiv was a business leader in HCLTech’s Engineering and R&D (ERS) business, responsible for HCLTech’s ERS Digital Engineering Practice and the fast-growing software and internet business segments. He led HCLTech’s Engineering business across several industry segments, including Aerospace, Medical Devices, Industrial, Automotive and Office Automation.

Throughout his 25 years at HCLTech, he has been responsible for developing the first gain share program in software, incubating HCLTech’s businesses in imaging and workflow, data analysis and state and local government. He has played a pivotal role in establishing HCLTech’s business in ASEAN.

Santhosh Jayaram provides leadership to refining and focusing HCLTech’s existing agenda and strategy in the critical areas of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).

He has been involved in the evolution of global standards and, more recently, a member of the ESG advisory committee for SEBI.

Before joining HCLTech, Santhosh was an advisory council member for KPMG Impact, a global program launched to integrate sustainability into all KPMG’s company activities. Some of the work he has done in the past are case studies with leading institutions like Harvard and INSEAD.

Shrikanth Shetty manages the $1 billion LSH business and is responsible for driving business growth and customer engagements.

Shetty has held various leadership positions at HCLTech. He has played a pivotal role in establishing HCLTech’s market leadership position in the LSH vertical and the Infrastructure business and in forging some of HCLTech’s largest partnership agreements. He is a committed proponent of HCLTech’s corporate value around client relationships which encompasses demonstrating collaboration, transparency and flexibility in interactions with customers and working by the spirit of the client partnership.

Throughout his career, he has received various awards for outstanding contributions to the growth and success of the organization. He is an IIT Bombay Alumni.

Srimathi Shivashankar is responsible for EdTech Services, which provides talent transformational services through innovative learning and assessments, products and solutions. In her previous role, Srimathi was the Director of the New Vistas program and was responsible for strategizing and operationalizing new HCLTech delivery centers in global talent hubs. She was also the architect of the diversity and sustainability practices, HCL Foundation and HCL Grant.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, which has recognized her accomplishments through the Distinguished Alumna Award and an MBA in International Business Management from Ohio University. She won the WeQual Award in 2021 in the Business Transformation category and was named among the top 25 Women leaders in Consulting for 2022 by the Consulting report.

Srimathi has been a key speaker at various international forums such as the UN, WBCSD, World Investment Forum, WEF, NASSCOM and CII.

Srinivasan Seshadri or Srini (as he is popularly called) leads HCLTech as Chief Growth Officer and Global Head of Financial Services across Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. His 20 year-strong cross-cultural global experience in technology is key to the deep and long-term relationships that he has built with Financial Services Leaders in North America, which go beyond the diktats of a contract or eschew short-term profits for long-term successes. He is an avid golfer and loves music.

Sriram Hariharan is responsible for developing the business strategy with the management team and then enabling the organization to execute its strategic vision. As Head of Corporate Development, he also leads the company’s interactions with the global investment ecosystem to identify the right inorganic opportunities including acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments.

He has led numerous strategic initiatives in the Americas, sales transformation programs, business process transformation and key acquisitions and integration. In the early 2000s, he was part of the founding team that created the Remote Infrastructure Services business for HCLTech.

Prior to joining HCLTech, he spent ten years at BNY Mellon, leading strategic programs including integration of fintech acquisitions, business process offshoring and Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) consulting services. He was also part of the management team that established BNY Mellon’s SaaS subsidiary iNautix USA, now Albridge. He co-founded Myfriday Analytics, a cloud product startup that offered operational analytics solutions to global service providers.

Swapan Johri holds the executive responsibility for the APAC region and the strategic partnership between CSC and HCLTech.

At HCLTech, he has held diverse account management, service delivery and strategic business initiatives portfolios.

Swapan joined HCLTech’s ISD Division to pioneer e-security services in India. He has since been an integral part of building HCLTech’s various global service lines with a personal focus on innovative and transformational IT services in several domains such as integrated technology operations, data center builds, consolidation and migrations and application modernization.

As the global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Ecosystems, Vijay Guntur spearheads technology strategy for HCLTech and is responsible to create differentiation in engineering, digital, cloud and AI. He champions next generation technologies, including GenAI, data engineering and CloudSMART, HCLTech's comprehensive cloud offering, while fostering synergies and innovation with cloud hyperscalers, tech OEMs and semiconductor chip companies.

Vijay is instrumental in incubating Centers of Excellence that position HCLTech at the forefront of technologies like GenAI, software & platform engineering, Data & AI, IoT and IT/OT. These CoEs act as a wellspring of expertise, ensuring HCLTech clients benefit from the most advanced practices and solutions in these high-demand areas delivering better efficiencies, insights and faster time to market.

Vijay previously led HCLTech's Engineering and R&D Services (ERS), a $2 billion global business delivering innovative solutions in digital, engineering, cloud and AI for global clients and top R&D spenders across industries. He championed groundbreaking technologies and responsible growth, leading to the strategic evolution of ERS’s GenAI and sustainability business. He also led the initiative to build Silicon-to-Cloud platforms, fostering intellectual property partnerships and integrating GenAI into chip design. His commitment extends to supporting the semiconductor ecosystem through the establishment of the ATMP Lab, a vital resource for India's growth in this sector.

Vijay’s distinguished 30+ year career at HCLTech highlights his dedication to continuous improvement. He held key leadership positions in the company playing a pivotal role in building HCLTech's system software capabilities and led organization-wide transformation initiatives.

He is a passionate advocate for ID&E and champions key programs that bring HCLTech and its client organizations together in an ecosystem that strives for value, respect and opportunities for all. He spearheaded the Hi-Tech and Communications business unit within ERS, driving innovation across solutions, sales and delivery. Previously, he led the Products and Platform Engineering business across diverse industry segments. Vijay played a crucial role in incubating HCL's Software business (Products and Platforms) at HCLTech. Vijay served on the board of Actian, a former HCLTech – SEP joint venture.

Vijay graduated in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India and did his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and he is an avid reader and enjoys travel and meditation.