CEOI MEMBER SINCE 2021

Ravi Kumar S was appointed CEO of Cognizant in January 2023. In his role as CEO, he sets the strategic direction of the company, promotes Cognizant’s client-first culture, and focuses on ensuring sustainable growth and driving long-term shareholder value. He is a highly accomplished services industry executive, with experience across digital transformation, traditional technology and engineering services, data and analytics, cloud and infrastructure, and consulting. Prior to Cognizant, Mr. Kumar served as president of Infosys from 2016 to 2022, where he led the global services organization across all industry segments and served as chairman of the board of Infosys BPM Ltd. Previously, he was the group head for the insurance, health care, and cards and payments unit, and led the global delivery organization, where he built the Oracle and CRM practices. Before joining Infosys, Mr. Kumar served in positions of increasing responsibility at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cambridge Technology Partners, Oracle, and Sapient (now Publicis Sapient). The early part of his career was spent as a nuclear scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center of India. Mr. Kumar holds various prominent positions on multiple boards. He serves as a board member of TransUnion, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and is a member of the board of governors of the New York Academy of Sciences. Additionally, he served on the board of directors for Digimarc Corp. from June 2021 to May 2023. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Shivaji University and an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, India.