infosys ltd
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Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy CBE co-founded Infosys Ltd., in 1981 and has been its Chairman Emeritus since August 21, 2011. Mr. Murthy is the Founder of Catamaran Investment Pvt Ltd. Mr. Murthy is an IT advisor to several Asian countries including Thailand, where he serves as an Advisor to Thailand Prime Minister on information technology and public administration policies. He served as the Chief Mentor of Infosys Ltd., from August 2006 to August 21, 2011 and ... served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1981 to March 2002. Mr. Murthy serves as the Chairman of the governing body of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. He served as Chairman of Infosys Ltd., from 1981 to August 20, 2006 and again in the same position from June 22, 2007 to August 21, 2011. He served as a Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Ltd. from August 20, 2006 to June 22, 2007. He has experience in information technology, corporate governance and education. Mr. Murthy serves as a Director at United Nations Foundation. He serves on the Asia Pacific Advisory Board of British Telecommunications plc. He serves as a Trustee of Cornell University. He has been a Member of the Board of Trustees at Ford Foundation since May 2008. Mr. Murthy is a Member of the Advisory Council at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of Tokyo and the Asian Institute of Management. He served as an Independent Non-executive Director at HSBC Holdings Plc since May 1, 2008 until December 31, 2012. He served as Director of Infosys Ltd. from May 1, 2008 to August 21, 2011. He served as Non Executive Director of Unilever NV and Unilever plc from 2007 to May 12, 2010. He served as Director of New Delhi Television Limited, India from May 14, 2004 to September 2009. He served as a Director of INSEAD. He served as a Director of ICICI Bank Ltd. since August 1, 1998. He served as a Director of Reserve Bank of India since 2000. He served as an External Director of Tata Communications Limited. He served as a Director of DBS Group Holdings Ltd. from August 19, 2003 to April 2, 2008 and DBS Bank Ltd until April 2, 2008. He served as Trustee of The Indus Entrepreneurs, or Tie, Inc. He served as Member of International Advisory Board of Lafarge SA. He serves on the Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Trade and Industry (India), the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, the Cornell University Council, and the Board of Advisors for the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business. He serves as a Member of Management Board of Indian School of Business. Mr. Murthy was voted World Entrepreneur of the Year 2003 by Ernst and Young; one of Asia's Businessmen of the Year by Fortune magazine for 2003; and one of the 25 most influential global executives by TIME/CNN in 2001. Mr. Murthy has received numerous awards and honours; The Economist ranked him 8th in the list of the top 15 most admired global leaders in 2005. The same year, the Financial Times ranked him 28th among the world's most-respected business leaders. In 2006, TIME magazine recognized him as an 'Asian hero' who has brought about revolutionary changes in the continent in the last 60 years. He has been conferred honorary doctorates by several well-known universities in India and abroad. Mr. Murthy holds a Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mysore.

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