RAJESH GOPINATHAN

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, TCS

Rajesh Gopinathan is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT solutions and
consulting firm. He was elevated to the role of Chief Executive Officer in
February 2017 after serving as the Chief Financial Officer since 2013.

Rajesh has played a key role in making TCS the partner of choice for
Fortune 500 companies embarking on their growth and transformation
journeys. He has been instrumental in helping TCS become a USD 22
billion global company at the end of FY20. With over 488,000
consultants, TCS is one of the largest private sector employers globally
and was recognised as a Global Top Employer for the fifth consecutive
year, with the highest retention rate in a competitive industry. Under
Rajesh’s leadership, the market capitalisation of the company crossed USD 100 billion during April 2018,
making TCS the most valuable company in India. TCS was recognised as the fastest growing brand in the IT
industry in 2020 with its brand value increasing to USD 13.5 billion, thus consolidating its position as one of
the top 3 IT Services brands for the second year in a row.

Rajesh joined TCS in 2001 from the Tata Industries and worked to drive TCS’ newly-established e-business
unit in the United States. He was involved in the design, structure and implementation of the new
organisational structure and operating model of the company and was also responsible for the financial
management of the company’s individual operating units. As part of the Tata Strategic Management Group
since 1996, he has also worked on multiple assignments with Tata companies.

Rajesh personifies TCS’ commitment to its culture of customer centricity, its reputation for high service
quality and its tradition of innovation. He has been instrumental in crafting the second round of
restructuring, driving empowerment deeper inside the company to help the company’s next wave of
growth. The Services portfolio has been rearchitected to enable faster growth in Digital services, and align
to the growth and transformation imperatives of clients.

Rajesh was awarded the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year award by CNBC TV 18 IBLA in 2020 and
Management Man Achiever of the year by Bombay Management Association in 2019. He was also named
one of Top 100 Global CEOs in the Brand Guardianship Index 2019. He was honored with the CEO Force for
Good Award by the Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) at its annual Board of Boards event in
New York. Rajesh was ranked ‘Best CEO’ in Institutional Investor’s 2018 All Asia Executive Team rankings.

An electrical and electronics engineer from REC Trichy (now NIT, Trichy), Rajesh graduated in 1994, before
pursuing his Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. In 2014 he was awarded the
Young Alumni Achiever’s Award under the Corporate Leader category from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Rajesh lives in Mumbai with his wife, daughter and son.

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