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Wipro Appoints Thierry Delaporte as CEO

May 28, 2020 at 11:48 pm EDT

By P.R. Venkat

India's software services company Wipro Ltd. has appointed Thierry Delaporte as its new chief executive officer and managing director.

Until recently, Mr. Delaporte was the chief operating officer of Capgemini Group and a member of its group executive board, Wipro said Friday.

Mr. Delaporte's appointment will be effective from July 6.

Abidali Neemuchwala will relinquish his position as CEO on June 1, Wipro said.

Mr. Delaporte will be based in Paris and report to chairman Rishad Premji.

Write to P.R. Venkat at venkat.pr@wsj.com

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Thierry Delaporte

Founder of Life Project 4 Youth, Thierry Delaporte is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chairman for Idean Entreprises, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Wipro Ltd., Chairman at LiquidHub, Inc. and Chairman of Capgemini México S de RL de CV. Thierry Delaporte is also President at Life Project 4 Youth and on the board of 5 other companies. Mr. Delaporte previously held the position of Co-Chief Operating Officer at Capgemini SE and Chief Financial Officer of Capgemini US LLC (a subsidiary of Capgemini SE), Senior Auditor at ARTHUR ANDERSEN & Co. and Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen (UK). Mr. Delaporte received a graduate degree from Sorbonne University and a graduate degree from Sciences Po.

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