Keshav Murugesh
Group Chief Executive Officer
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Keshav Murugesh was appointed as our Group Chief Executive Officer and Director in February 2010. Mr. Murugesh is based out of London. Prior to joining WNS, Mr. Murugesh was the Chief Executive Officer of Syntel Inc., a Nasdaq-listed information technology company. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Prior to Syntel, he worked in various capacities with ITC Limited, an affiliate of BAT Plc. between 1989 and 2002. Keshav 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. Previously, he held the position of Chairman and Director at the Data Security Council of India, a not-for-profit industry body on data protection in India set up by NASSCOM (from 2019 to 2020). He was also the Honorary Chairman of CII - Western India’s Education Committee (from 2017 to 2018). He was the Chairman of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) India, a global organization involved in educational outreach projects in partnership with businesses across the globe, from 2005 to 2011. He is the Co-chief mentor of Kalpataru Center of Entrepreneurship (CoE), established under the guidance of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Keshav 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. Keshav is an active Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council and G100 member. The business address of Mr. Murugesh is WNS Global Services (UK) Malta House, 36-38 Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom W1J 0DP.