Infosys' new CEO & MD Salil Parekh is a perfect fit for future vision

In October this year, Infosys Non-executive Chairman Nandan Nilekani defended former chief executive officer Vishal Sikka’s philosophy: “Strategy is not a PowerPoint presentation. It is about how you translate it on the ground, with scale and speed.”

Nilekani might have found the right person in Salil S Parekh to execute the vision of software-led services model for Infosys that Sikka developed.

Parekh, a soft-spoken, grown-from-the-ranks executive, has built the offshore delivery capability at Capgemini, the French IT services firm. He grew the firm’s India team from 800 people to 80,000, and acquired iGATE Corporation. He also helped Capgemini compete with