Wednesday, January 16, 2013

HCL Technologies names Mr. S Madhavan to Board of Directors


HCL Technologies names Mr. S Madhavan to Board of Directors
HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services provider today announced that Mr. S. Madhavan has been appointed as a director on its Board. With the addition of Mr. S. Madhavan, the total Board strength of the company has increased to ten directors including eight independent directors.
“We are delighted to welcome Madhavan on the Board, said Mr. Shiv Nadar, Founder and Chairman-HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation.  Madhavan is widely respected and recognized for his outstanding work and contribution to the industry. I am sure HCL will benefit tremendously from his global experience, in-depth  knowledge and financial expertise.”
Mr. S. Madhavan was until recently a senior partner and Executive Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was responsible for leadership development and coaching through annual performance planning for all leadership positions. His responsibility also included oversight and delivery of sectorally focused firm wide services, from Assurance to Advisory and Tax, being a primary relationship partner for several global clients.  He was also a long standing leader of the indirect tax practice in PricewaterhouseCoopers  and is nationally and globally recognized as a leading subject matter expert in that area. He is currently the Co-Chairman of the GST Task Force in FICCI, has been the past President Northern Region, Indo American Chamber of Commerce and the past Co-Chairman of the Taxation Committee, Assocham.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr.  S.  Madhavan said, “I have keenly followed and long admired HCL for its outstanding growth and strong commitment to values. I am deeply honored and privileged to join the Board of HCL Technologies.”
 The appointment of Mr. S Madhavan is effective January 15th, 2013.

About HCL Technologies
HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999,  HCL focuses on ‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 31 countries to provide holistic, multiservice delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employees First, Customers Second’ which empowers our 85,194 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, had consolidated revenues of US$ 4.4 billion (Rs 23,499 crores),  as on 31st Dec 2012 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com

About HCL Enterprise
HCL is a $6.2 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India - HCLTechnologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 90,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. For more information, please visit www.hcl.com