Srini Pallia
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Key Decisions & Impact
Pallia joined Wipro in 1992 and spent more than three decades in leadership roles including President of the Consumer Business Unit and global head of Business Application Services, most recently running Americas 1 -- Wipro's largest and fastest-growing strategic market -- before being named CEO and Managing Director effective April 6, 2024.
Legacy
Leads Wipro's AI-first strategy, large-deal execution, margin recovery, and enterprise client mining, reporting to Executive Chairman Rishad Premji. His three decades of tenure inside Wipro, rather than an external hire, was seen as a signal of continuity following his predecessor's abrupt departure. His three decades inside Wipro, including leading its largest and fastest-growing Americas 1 market before becoming CEO, gave the board confidence in an internal succession at a moment when the company was still absorbing his predecessor's abrupt exit. His engineering and business-studies education at an Indian institution rather than a Western MBA program reflects a leadership pipeline increasingly common among the largest Indian IT services firms. This remains part of the public record on Wipro leadership transitions.