Jayesh Sanghrajka elevated to CFO of Infosys

India’s second-largest IT services company Infosys announced the appointment of Jayesh Sanghrajka as the chief financial officer (CFO), after Nilanjan Roy stepped down from his post. Sanghrajka will assume office on April 1, 2024.

Sanghrajka is currently the executive vice president and deputy CFO at Infosys, serving in the latter role for the last eight years. He is responsible for various areas of the finance function including investor relations, business finance, corporate finance, treasury and tax; additionally, he also oversees the mergers and acquisitions portfolio. Overall, he has spent 18 years across two stints and has performed various leadership roles. An industry veteran and a Chartered Accountant, he has a career spanning 25 years with companies like MuSigma and Rediff on his resume.

“I am delighted to announce that Jayesh will take over as Chief Financial Officer. As Deputy CFO, he has been leading multiple portfolios in the finance function for several years now and his depth of experience and knowledge will serve us well to take the function to greater heights. I would also like to express my deep appreciation for Nilanjan for ably leading the function over the last five years and wish him the very best for his future endeavors,” said Salil Parekh, chief executive officer, Infosys.

Just two days into the week and there has been a significant leadership shake up in the Indian technology landscape. Apart from the stepping down of Nilanjan Roy and the subsequent appointment of Sanghrajka, Amazon Web Services interim country head Vaishali Kasturi has resigned from the post.

The reason for her departure is unknown and Amazon has not yet released an official statement on Kasture's resignation. Also, at the time of publishing, emailed queries sent to AWS India had not received a response.  

Kasture, who joined Amazon roughly five years ago, was appointed interim leader of commercial business for AWS India and South Asia in June after, Puneet Chandok, left the company that month. Chandok, who worked with AWS for over four years, leading the company's India and South Asia business, later joined Microsoft India as the corporate vice president for India and South Asia, succeeding Anant Maheshwari.