Capegemini COO Thierry Delaporte becomes new Wipro CEO and MD

Wipro Ltd on Friday named Thierry Delaporte as the new main govt officer and running director of the IT firm, changing Abidali Neemuchwala.

Delaporte was most a short while ago the main operating officer of French consulting and technology organization Capgemini Group.

Wipro claimed in January Neemuchwala experienced made the decision to step down because of to household commitments.

Neemuchwala will step down as CEO on June one when govt chairman Rishad Premji will oversee working day-to-working day operations of the firm right up until Delaporte will take above on July six, Wipro claimed.

Neemuchwala joined Wipro in April 2015 as the president and main operating officer, immediately after acquiring served at much larger rival Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.