Infosys' Sikka struggles to retain talent as executive VP Ritika Suri quits

She was among the key executives brought in by Sikka from SAP and was overseeing large deals

Infosys chief executive officer Vishal Sikka, is finding it difficult to retain talent as the firm sees 10 key executives leaving India’s second-largest information technology (IT) firm over a couple of years. 

Executive vice-president Ritika Suri, who was focused on getting large deals, quit about a week ago in a fresh setback to Sikka, who needs huge contracts to lift the company to grow faster than the industry average.

This is the second big exit at Infosys after Sandeep Dadlani, who headed the crucial Americas market, which generates two-thirds of revenues for the software exporter. 

Sikka, who is based out of the US,