Thursday, October 11, 2012

Is he the ‘suitable boy’?

It would not be surprising if Vivek Paul is actually being considered for the role, but his experience may not fit the bill. Right Mr. Tata?

His name springs up whenever there is a crisis of leadership in any big ticket company, especially in the IT sector. After all, Vivek Paul was known as the poster boy of the Indian IT industry, the way he took Wipro’s international business to towering heights as CEO before he stepped down in 2005. An MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Paul brought the first wave of investment into India through GE medical equipment and a change in the global business mindset towards the country. Paul began his career with Main & Company, and later on he joined PepsiCo. He spent around 10 years in GE after 1990, and was elevated to the post of CEO of GE’s medical equipment joint venture. In 1999, this GE veteran was handpicked by Azim Premji to run Wipro’s software unit in India. He was later on elevated to the post of Vice Chairman of Wipro and CEO of its global IT, product engineering and business process service segments.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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