Infosys stares at turbulence, experts see departure of key executives, client churn

Competitors smell gains

Infosys might have to prepare itself to lose clients and key executives who supported the software-plus-services model that former chief executive Vishal Sikka had pioneered, as they become easy targets for rivals to poach in an uncertain business environment, company insiders and experts said.

The biggest challenge would be for Infosys to represent its digital technology strengths, which Sikka personally drove for pure digital projects in the US, its main market. Over the last few months, Infosys has lost several senior people in the US, who were driving client relationships, including its America's head Sandeep Dadlani. This had pushed Sikka