Keshav Murugesh serves as Group Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of WNS. Based in London, Keshav is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of the organization. He is the Chairman of The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) UK India Business Forum (IBF). He has been closely associated with NASSCOM, the apex industry body for Indian IT and Business Process Management (BPM) companies, in various capacities — Chairperson of NASSCOM (2019-20), Chairperson of the Business Process Management (BPM) Council (2015-17), and currently, as a member of the National Executive Council. He was also the Chairman of the NASSCOM Consumer Interest Protection Task Force. Keshav is an active Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council and G100 member. He is a Member of the Board of WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), which focuses on the education and empowerment of lesser-privileged children in WNS locations globally. Prior to WNS, he held several leadership positions in global companies, including President and CEO of Syntel Inc. and ITC Ltd. (an affiliate of BAT Plc). Keshav is a social evangelist who introduced the first-ever Cyber Crime educational series for the Mumbai Police through WNS and NASSCOM. He is the Co-chief mentor of Kalpataru Center of Entrepreneurship (CoE), which was established under the guidance of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. He was the Founder Chairman of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) India, now known as Enactus, a global organization involved in educational outreach projects in partnership with businesses. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Keshav has been recognized as a ‘Mega Icon’ by the National Geographic Channel. He was also recognized as the ‘Executive of the Year’ at the 2019 Stevie International Business Awards and as one of the ‘Most Influential Business Leaders of Asia’ by The Economic Times in 2019. He is a recipient of the CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Award and was named CNBC Asia’s ‘India Disruptor of the Year’ in 2018. He was also honored with the Amity Global Corporate Leadership Excellence Award in 2023. He is also a recipient of the ‘Outstanding CEO’ at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2015 and the prestigious Chartered Accountants Achiever Award 2013.
*NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies