Ashok Vemuri
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| Born |
April 22, 1968 New Delhi, India |
| Residence | New Jersey, United States |
| Citizenship | Indian-American |
| Education | St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Employer | Conduent |
| Website | Ashok Vemuri Biography by Conduent |
Ashok Vemuri (born April 22, 1968) is an Indian-American business executive.
Ashok Vemuri was born on April 22, 1968, and spent his childhood in India. He received a bachelor's degree in physics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. Vemuri subsequently completed his master's degree in business management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he also earned his postgraduate diploma.
In 1992 Vemuri began working in investment banking at Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America. Vemuri joined Infosys in 1999, where he went on to work closely with and be mentored by Narayana Murthy, the co-founder and then-CEO of the company. As of May 2003, Vemuri was serving as vice president and regional manager of sales for Canada and the northeast region of the United States. After management changes in June 2009, Forbes India reported that "Subhash Dhar, Ashok Vemuri, V. Balakrishnan and B.G. Srinivas... are now coming under [the limelight at Infosys]. These five are among a band of leaders being groomed to take over from the founding team." Vemuri was soon serving as a senior vice president of Infosys, and became a member of the company's executive council.
Vemuri went on to hold management roles at Infosys. For a time he served as chairman of the company’s operations in China, also serving on the boards of Infosys in the Americas and Infosys Public Services. Beyond heading Infosys' operations in Canada and eastern North America, he furthermore headed both the Financial Services & Insurance Business division and the Banking, Capital Markets & Strategic Global Sourcing division. Vemuri was appointed to the board of Infosys in June 2011, while retaining his roles as senior vice president and chief of the banking division. Infosys appointed Vemuri the global head of its Manufacturing & Engineering Services division in April 2012. Despite speculation in the press that Infosys was considering Vemuri as a choice for CEO, in September 2013 the press reported that he would instead by joining iGATE.
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