Wipro‘s chief operating officer Amit Choudhary stepped down from his role on Friday, a week after Anis Chenchah, the chief executive of APMEA (Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa) Strategic Market Unit (SMU) resigned. This is the second senior executive exit at the IT major after new CEO Srinivas Pallia took the helm last month.

The IT major appointed Sanjeev Jain as the chief operating officer effective immediately.

Jain will report to Pallia and will continue to be a member of Wipro’s Executive Committee, said the company in a filing with BSE.

Both Chenchah and Choudhary joined Wipro when former CEO Thierry Delaporte was the CEO. All three (Delaporte, Choudhary and Chencha) joined Wipro from the French IT consulting major Capgemini.

Sanjeev joined Wipro in 2023 as the global head of business operations after his stint at Cognizant, GE, IBM and Kyndryl Holdings (IBM spin-off).

Over the past year, Sanjeev has been leading Wipro’s talent supply chain, including Wipro’s gig work platform, TopGear, as well as talent skilling, global mobility, talent acquisition, and business resilience functions, said the company.

“In the short time that Sanjeev has been with Wipro, he has developed strong relationships with on-the-ground delivery teams and made a significant impact on our strategic thinking and execution prowess,” said Srinivas Pallia.He added, “Under his leadership, we’ve built out our approach to AI training and upskilling and trained over 225,000 of our people in AI principles. Sanjeev has also been instrumental in devising our career development strategy for next-gen associates and significantly enhancing our utilization. As COO, he will be responsible for continuing to simplify our operating model, building a client-centric delivery organization, and driving operational excellence with a focus on execution rigor and speed.”

Commenting on Choudhary, Pallia, said, “I would like to thank Amit for his leadership over the last two years and for building a strong operations foundation and structure that will be invaluable as we move forward. Amit will be with us until the end of May, working closely with Sanjeev and me to ensure a smooth transition.”

Wipro‘s chief operating officer Amit Choudhary stepped down from his role on Friday, a week after Anis Chenchah, the chief executive of APMEA (Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa) Strategic Market Unit (SMU) resigned. This is the second senior executive exit at the IT major after new CEO Srinivas Pallia took the helm last month.

The IT major appointed Sanjeev Jain as the chief operating officer effective immediately.

Jain will report to Pallia and will continue to be a member of Wipro’s Executive Committee, said the company in a filing with BSE.

Both Chenchah and Choudhary joined Wipro when former CEO Thierry Delaporte was the CEO. All three (Delaporte, Choudhary and Chencha) joined Wipro from the French IT consulting major Capgemini.

Sanjeev joined Wipro in 2023 as the global head of business operations after his stint at Cognizant, GE, IBM and Kyndryl Holdings (IBM spin-off).

Over the past year, Sanjeev has been leading Wipro’s talent supply chain, including Wipro’s gig work platform, TopGear, as well as talent skilling, global mobility, talent acquisition, and business resilience functions, said the company.

“In the short time that Sanjeev has been with Wipro, he has developed strong relationships with on-the-ground delivery teams and made a significant impact on our strategic thinking and execution prowess,” said Srinivas Pallia.He added, “Under his leadership, we’ve built out our approach to AI training and upskilling and trained over 225,000 of our people in AI principles. Sanjeev has also been instrumental in devising our career development strategy for next-gen associates and significantly enhancing our utilization. As COO, he will be responsible for continuing to simplify our operating model, building a client-centric delivery organization, and driving operational excellence with a focus on execution rigor and speed.”

Commenting on Choudhary, Pallia, said, “I would like to thank Amit for his leadership over the last two years and for building a strong operations foundation and structure that will be invaluable as we move forward. Amit will be with us until the end of May, working closely with Sanjeev and me to ensure a smooth transition.”