Top execs exit at Infosys, Wipro underscores importance of talent creation

To mitigate attrition of senior leaders industry experts say companies must prioritise providing challenging projects that align with aspirations, skill sets of these seasoned professionals

Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services player, has been in the news recently as several senior leaders have quit to join the competition or taken on senior roles at other companies. The most recent one to join the long list of exits is Nilanjan Roy, CFO of the company.

The Indian IT services sector, however, is not new to such upheaval. Rather, all of the top players have time and again seen such senior-level exits. Every time this happened, the markets reacted negatively, but that did not mean that these firms saw a long-term impact.

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