Hexaware Ropes In New CEO, CFO

Hexaware Technologies, a global provider of IT and BPO services and consulting, has named P. R. Chandrasekar as chief executive officer and vice chairman, on June 02. Chandrasekar, who succeeds Rusi Brij at Hexaware, comes from Wipro where he was president, Americas and Europe. Brij will continue with the company as a board member and serve as vice chairman.

Effective today, Hexaware also appointed Prateek Aggarwal as chief financial officer succeeding P.K. Sridharan, acting CFO, who will continue in the company as chief mentor and executive director. In his previous role, Aggarwal was finance head of the software division of HCL Technologies.
Chandrasekar and Aggarwal will be based out of Hexaware’s offices in New Jersey and Mumbai (Mahape), respectively.According to Atul Nishar, founder and executive chairman, Hexaware, “Both these appointments strengthen our executive management team and bring leadership skills directly relevant to the stage at which Hexaware is today. Sekar’s successful track record of driving revenue growth including experience in mergers and acquisitions and business development and Prateek’s solid financial background will be critical as we build Hexaware to the billion dollar goal we have set for ourselves.”
Commenting on his new role, Chandrasekar said, “I am looking forward to working with Atul, Rusi and the company’s talented management team to build on the company’s broad capabilities and service offerings, and capture the very attractive growth opportunities we see ahead.”