Mahindra Satyam announces organisational changes

Hyderabad, July 01: In a significant development, Mahindra Satyam today announced a series of organizational changes and initiatives aimed at sustaining the recovery and positioning of the company for long term growth.

Key aspects of the new Organization Design include integrating sales and delivery into a two-in-a-box collaborative model, strengthening industry verticals, regional focus, competency groups, aligning business consulting capabilities and rationalizing support functions into logical groups, a company release said.

The new structure aims at simplifying the organization design in line with the proposed business plans and eliminates duplication in roles, while ensuring minimal disruption in customer facing leadership, it said.

Customers will now be served by a single integrated business unit that combines both relationship and delivery responsibilities and is dedicated to their specific needs.

This model is expected to increase account focus and responsiveness, reduce overheads, and improve customer delight, the release said.

Some of the key C level Leadership positions apart from CEO and CFO announced earlier include A S Murthy will play the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), responsible for Technology Competency and Innovation, as well as the creation of technology assets and IP. He also leads Specialized Services such as Engineering, Consulting and IMS.

Rakesh Soni is Chief Operating Officer. He will head the Delivery for the Manufacturing, BFSI, Emerging Verticals and Strategic Accounts. He will also lead the Integration, Corporate planning and Strategy portfolio. Rakesh moves into Mahindra Satyam from Tech Mahindra.

Dr Keshab Panda will head the Business Development and Operations for Manufacturing, BFSI, Emerging Verticals and Strategic Accounts.

Atul Kanwar, who moves into Mahindra Satyam from Tech Mahindra will head the Business Development and Operations for the Regional Business Groups (Europe, Australia, Middle- East, Africa and India) while Manish Mehta will head the delivery for these businesses.

T R Anand will head the Business Development and operations for Telecom, Media and Entertainment, Tech Infra and Semiconductor, verticals in addition to channel business through alliance partners, and Tech Mahindra and new technology companies.

Ravi Bommakanti will head the delivery for these business.

Harti T will handle the dual role of Chief People Officer and Chief Marketing Officer (CPO & CMO), the release added.

—Agencies