Infosys' CEO hunt continues: Ashok Vemuri seen as frontrunner

Another candidate B G Srinivas is understood to have declined to take the role of CEO

Former Infosys executive Ashok Vemuri is said to be the frontrunner for the chief executive’s post at India’s second-largest software exporter.

Infosys, which has tasked executive search firm Egon Zehnder with shortlisting candidates for the top job, has met over a dozen executives, but a final decision has yet to be made.

Another candidate is B G Srinivas, also a former Infosys executive, who has declined to take the role of CEO according to a person familiar with the development.

At present, Vemuri is the CEO of Conduent, a Xerox company, and Srinivas is group managing director of Hong Kong’s PCCW Group.

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