Keshav R. Murugesh
Group CEO, WNS
Keshav R. Murugesh is the Group CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of NYSE listed WNS Holdings, a global leader in accelerating the transformation of companies globally by leveraging People, Process and Digital Innovation.
He is a past Chairperson of NASSCOM and prior to that has served as Chairperson of NASSCOM’s BPM Council for two consecutive terms (2015-17). He was also the Chairperson of the NASSCOM Consumer Interest Protection Task Force. Keshav has spearheaded a major re-branding campaign under the aegis of NASSCOM, called ‘Become World Worthy,’ to re-position the BPM industry. He is a strong voice for nurturing a conducive ecosystem that will help build a future-ready talent pool through closer ties between industry and the academia. He has also been a key architect of initiatives to position India as a global ‘Innovation Hub,’ and an active angel investor for technology start-ups in the country.
He is the Co-chief mentor of Kalpataru Center of Entrepreneurship (CoE), established under the guidance of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to promote innovation and entrepreneurship
As a global thought leader, Keshav is an active member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and G100. He has addressed many international gatherings – including the Harvard India Conference 2018; the Global Boardroom hosted by the Financial Times; Social Impact Day Panel at the Imperial College Business School, London; apart from being on a panel on India-US relations at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
Keshav is a committed social evangelist, both in a personal capacity and through the organizations he has led. At WNS, he is a Member of the Board of WNS Cares Foundation (WCF) that focuses on education for less-privileged children as the core medium of community outreach and uplift across WNS’ global locations.
