Leadership at Mastek

Hiral Chandrana

Global Chief Executive Officer

Hiral Chandrana

Global Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Hiral Chandrana currently serves as the Global CEO of Mastek Group, where he assumes responsibility for overseeing the organization’s global profit and loss, strategy, growth, customer success, and employee experience.

With a remarkable career spanning over 25 years, Hiral boasts a distinguished track record in IT Services and Digital Solutions across various industries. His professional journey includes significant roles at Wipro Limited and Electronic Data Systems, where he continuously climbed the ladder of business leadership. During his extensive 14-year tenure at Wipro, Hiral excelled in his role as the Senior Vice President & Global Head, spearheading the transformation of the $3 billion Applications business into the digital landscape. He also played a pivotal role in forging strategic cloud partnerships and managing mergers and acquisitions. Hiral’s expertise extends to a diverse array of industries, including Consumer, Retail, Manufacturing, and Healthcare, and he has cultivated strong relationships with Fortune 1000 global clients across the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Hiral’s educational background includes an engineering degree, as well as an MS and MBA from the United States. He has further honed his leadership skills through executive programs at prestigious institutions such as Wharton, Duke University, and Berkeley.

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Abhishek Singh

President UKI & Europe

Abhishek Singh

President UKI & Europe

Abhishek has over two decades of experience across diverse industries in both India and the United States. As the President of the UK business, Abhishek spearheads strategic initiatives, overseeing the complete P&L and bringing about continuous improvements in financial and operational performance.

Abhishek’s expertise spans Information Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services and Business Process Management industries. With notable tenures at Firstsource Solutions and Tech Mahindra (formerly Mahindra-British Telecom), he has excelled in key leadership roles, demonstrating a unique blend of financial acumen, strategic vision and operational excellence. Abhishek’s leadership journey at Firstsource Solutions, spanning over nine years, included pivotal roles, such as Sr. VP & Group Finance Controller, Vice President – Finance (North America Operations) and Director – Business Planning & Procurement.

Abhishek holds an MBA in Finance from I.M.D.R and a B.Com from Patna University. Abhishek has specialised in corporate performance management, financial planning, business efficiency optimisation and mergers and acquisitions. His contributions extend to automation, process efficiency, corporate development and fundraising endeavours.

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Arun Agarwal

Global Chief Financial Officer

Arun Agarwal

Global Chief Financial Officer

Arun Agarwal is Mastek’s Global Chief Financial Officer. Before assuming this position, he was the Global Controller and Vice President (Finance) at Mastek for over four years. He is responsible for end-to-end financial functions, including financial planning and analysis, business finance, pricing, accounting and reporting, global taxation, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations.

In his career of over 19 years, Arun has held leadership positions at First Source (General Manager, Finance), GE (Assistant Controller, Finance), Synovate (Senior Manager, Finance), Wipro Technologies (Finance Manager) and Tata Motors (Senior Executive).

He has closed strategic deals worth over GBP 100 million in annual revenue, raised funds amounting to USD 10 million in the UK market and led a customer management vertical with an annual turnover of USD 300 million. Arun has also driven mergers and acquisitions for companies. He has been responsible for financial integration, led the financial reporting of entities listed in India and the US, Ind-AS transition and IFRS financial compliance of companies.

Arun is a Chartered Accountant who secured 29th rank in the CA foundation course. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce with honours from the University of Calcutta in 2002. He has also cleared two levels of CFA.

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Arvind J

Global Chief Human Resources Officer

Arvind J

Global Chief Human Resources Officer

Arvind Jonnalagadda serves as the Global Chief Human Resources Officer, leveraging 21 years of expertise as a distinguished HR leader navigating organizations through intricate business landscapes. With a proven track record in both public and private sectors, Arvind has overseen global expansions, fostering effective organizational cultures, and elevating employee experiences.

Previously, Arvind held the position of Global Head of HR at DMI, and played pivotal roles at CMS IT Services, CISCO Systems, Wipro Technologies, and Ramco Systems. Armed with a master’s degree in social science specializing in HRM from Pondicherry University, he further honed his skills through a residential Human Resource Development Programme (HRDP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning a gold medal as the university topper. His extensive international experience spans across the Americas, ASEAN, and the Middle East.

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Prajakta Talvelkar

Chief Marketing Officer

Prajakta Talvelkar

Chief Marketing Officer

In her role as the Global Head of Marketing and Partnerships, Prajakta Talvekar plays a pivotal role in shaping Mastek’s worldwide marketing strategies and spearheading impactful go-to-market initiatives. With over two decades of experience in the IT industry, she brings a wealth of expertise encompassing sales, consulting, marketing, and alliances.

Prajakta previously held a leadership position overseeing the marketing unit for Capgemini’s Local Business in India, the Middle East, and North America. Additionally, she served as the Manager of Marketing and Communications at Bristlecone, where she played a crucial role in establishing and managing the marketing function.

Her distinguished track record includes consistently surpassing sales targets, implementing innovative marketing solutions, and optimizing business processes through a unique blend of insights and analytics.

An alumna of IIM C, Prajakta earned her B.Sc. in Microbiology from Sir Willingdon College and completed the APMP Marketing program at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Beyond her exceptional professional achievements, she is committed to guiding and mentoring students, sharing her industry knowledge and insights.

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Prameela Kalive

Chief Operating Officer

Prameela Kalive

Chief Operating Officer

Prameela Kalive, Mastek’s COO, is an experienced leader with over three decades in the industry. As the first woman COO of the Indian IT Industry, she is a source of inspiration, advocating a ‘Customer First’ mindset that has defined her illustrious career.

In her ground-breaking role as a missile scientist with the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), she contributed to the AGNI and AKAASH Missile Development teams under the esteemed leadership of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Before her role at Mastek, Prameela served as the COO at Zensar Technologies for an impressive 22 years, playing a pivotal role in the company’s growth across global portfolios, from software delivery to sales, marketing, strategy, innovation, HR and practice development.

Prameela holds a master’s degree in digital engineering and business administration. She is an alumnus of prestigious institutions, such as Osmania University, the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Indian School of Business.

Her impact extends beyond the corporate realm as she actively engages in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) forums, championing sustainable practices. A fitness enthusiast, she participates in running events.

Prameela’s leadership has earned her accolades, such as the ‘Rising Star’ CEO Award in 2015 from the CEO magazine, the prestigious Chevening Scholarship for a Leadership Programme at LSE and the ‘Woman in Technology’ award in 2019 by Information Services Group (ISG).

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Raman Sapra

President & Chief Growth Officer

Raman Sapra

President & Chief Growth Officer

Raman Sapra is the President and Chief Growth Officer of Mastek. He spearheads Mastek’s global growth initiatives. He helps define the go-to-market strategies, creates intellectual property, forges strategic partnerships, innovates solutions and provides delivery offerings across the board. He also executes key objectives for company expansion and development.

Raman has over 25 years of experience spanning next-generation digital technologies, applications and managed services. His extensive experience across vertical and service-line leadership, sales and strategy and mergers and acquisitions have shaped him into a digital business transformation leader. Raman’s diverse roles have led him across the US, the Middle East and India. As an accomplished digital business leader, Raman excels in designing, assembling the right talent and building global organisations from the ground up.

Before Mastek, Raman held leadership positions at Wipro (General Manager and Industry Head, Healthcare), Dell Services (Vice President and Global Head, Digital Business Services) and Sasken (Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Services).

Raman graduated from IIT Roorkee in 1996 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was also a member of the Conference Board, an executive council on enterprise digital transformation, from 2015 to 2017.

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Ritwik Batabyal

CTO & Innovation Officer

Ritwik Batabyal

CTO & Innovation Officer

Ritwik Batabyal is the Chief Technology and Innovation officer at Mastek. In this capacity, Ritwik facilitates the integration of new and disruptive technologies, monetises Data and AI technologies across industries and builds partnerships with start-ups and external innovation ecosystems.

Before joining Mastek in January 2022, Ritwik was the GDH of Platform and Solutions for L&T Technology Services Limited. He served as the Chief Technology and Engineering Head of Next-generation Business Products at Wipro for six years. During his 26 years in the IT and engineering industry, Ritwik has identified and implemented technologies to transform enterprise systems into digital solutions, provided technical direction and developed strategy for travel and expense management solutions.

He has also co-founded two start-ups – Hopscotch Technologies and Ttatva Innovation Labs. At both start-ups, he was the Chief Technology Officer and created technology products to transform large business processes into simplified digital products. He has developed patented IPs in cloud, microservice architecture, performance management, event architecture and social information management and holds software copyrights for six products in use today.

Ritwik obtained his bachelor’s degree in technology (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra in 1996.

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Surya Nunna

Executive Vice President AMEA

Surya Nunna

Executive Vice President AMEA

Surya Nunna, Mastek’s Executive Vice President AMEA, brings over 25 years of expertise as a seasoned Regional Business Head. With a focus on steering and advancing profitable business operations across diverse industries, Surya excels in strategic planning, team leadership and market expansion. His track record speaks volumes, consistently surpassing targets. Surya’s dedication to customer satisfaction and operational excellence ensures impactful results, fostering revenue growth and market share capture. 

Before joining Mastek, Surya Nunna served as the VP Regional Business at Evolutionary Systems Pvt Ltd. Prior to that, he held key positions as a Principal Consultant at Diebold India and as a Senior Consultant at Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd.

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Vijay Iyer

President Americas

Vijay Iyer

President Americas

Vijay Iyer is a technology leader with over three decades of experience in the IT industry. He currently serves as the President of Americas at Mastek. In this role, he is responsible for driving growth and expansion across the Americas region. Before joining Mastek, he held key leadership roles at Persistent Systems, Infinite Computer Solutions, DXC Technology, Hexaware Technologies and CIGNEX Datamatics. His expertise encompasses strategy formulation, marketing and sales, organisational development, and advisor relationships. His vision and ability to develop and empower his team, coupled with overseeing large deals and delivery, make him a driving force behind Mastek’s success in the Americas.

With a Master of Science in Instrumentation from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and an additional qualification from Harvard Business School, he was a part of Executive Education (Management Information Systems, General). Vijay is a recognised thought leader in the IT industry and has been featured in numerous publications and conferences. He is also a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. He is a co-founder of the Iyer Foundation, a non-profit organisation that provides educational opportunities to underprivileged children.

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Vimal Dangri

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Vimal Dangri

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Vimal Dangri is Mastek’s Chief Legal and Compliance Officer. He is the lead legal strategist overseeing the legal compliance, risk, corporate governance, sustainability, project management and quality and process improvement functions for Mastek.

Before Mastek, Vimal contributed to the Legal team at Firstsource for nearly 19 years. He held various positions at Firstsource, the last being the Senior Vice President of Legal and Compliance. He specialises in regulatory compliance, contractual compliance, project management, ethics and BPO operations.

Vimal holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Wesley Degree College and a bachelor’s degree in law from Karnataka State Law University. He also has a master’s degree in business law from the National Law School of India University.

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Ashank Desai

Principal Founder and Chairman

Ashank Desai

Principal Founder and Chairman

Mr. Ashank Desai is an Information Technology (IT) Industrialist and holds a B.E. from Mumbai University, securing the second rank in the University. Having a M. Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, he also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad. He is also the co- founder of NASSCOM. 

Mr. Desai is the Principal Founder and Chairman of Mastek and has more than four decades of rich and diverse experience in the IT industry. Mr. Desai held the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Mastek earlier. He brings with him valuable experience in managing the issues faced by large and complex organisations. The Company and the Board immensely benefits by leveraging his demonstrated leadership capability, general business acumen and knowledge of complex financial and operational issues faced by the Company. 

Mr. Desai is widely recognised as an IT industry veteran and is one of the founder members and Past Chairman of NASSCOM. He has been felicitated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to NASSCOM & IT Industry. 

He also guides Mastek Foundation, whose mission is to enable “Informed Giving and Responsible Receiving”. He has been conferred with the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award from IIT Mumbai and the Computer Society of India (CSI) “Fellow of the Society” honour. He has also been presented with the Honourable Contributors Award by ASOCIO — the only Indian to receive this recognition twice. He was conferred with the much-coveted Outstanding Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 India. 

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Ketan Mehta

Founder and Director

Ketan Mehta

Founder and Director

Mr. Ketan Mehta has a Management Degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has significant experience spanning four decades in the Information Technology Industry. 

Mr. Ketan Mehta co-founded Mastek in 1982 and is also a Board member. He earlier also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mastek until June 1, 2015, after which he focused exclusively on the Majesco business. During his long stint with Mastek, Majesco and its affiliates, he has handled multiple functions including sales, delivery, and general management. He was the driving force behind the conceptualisation and execution of Majesco’s insurance strategy, including acquisition and integration of seven insurance technology companies over the last thirteen years. Prior to that, he also spearheaded Mastek’s joint venture with Deloitte Consulting. 

From October 2018 to September 2020, Mr. Mehta served as Chairman of the Board of Majesco (USA entity), when he played a pivotal role in selling Majesco business to private equity firm—Thoma Bravo. Prior to that, he served as the President of Majesco (USA entity) from 2000 until March 2019, and Chief Executive Officer of Majesco (USA entity) from July 2011 to October 2018. 

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Rajeev Grover

Independent Director

Rajeev Grover

Independent Director

Mr. Rajeev Grover is a B. Com (Hons.) graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has over3 decades of rich and diverse experience across Finance, Operations, General Management & Business Transformation. He has worked in multiple Professional Services and Financial Services organisations like Mercer Consulting, Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt), eFunds Corp. (now part of FIS), GE Capital International Services (now Genpact) and American Express. 

He has been one of the pioneers of the Business Process Outsourcing industry in India and has led the setup for three organisations in the country. In his last role at Mercer Consulting, he served as the Global Head of Operations wherein he was responsible for driving Operational excellence across multiple lines of business represented by over 9,000 employees, across 25 countries including shared service centres spread across India, Poland, Portugal, China and Ireland. 

He is a Founder Director of ExempServ Professional Services Private Limited, which provides value-added financial reporting, compliance and allied services to social sector organisations. He is also a Non-executive Treasurer of SOS Children’s Villages of India, which is one of the largest self-implementing independent non-governmental social development organisations focused on children’s development. 

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Suresh Vaswani

Independent Director

Suresh Vaswani

Independent Director

Mr. Suresh Vaswani is an independent director at Mastek. He is a seasoned Global Technology and IT services Leader with an exceptional track record for building, scaling, and transforming business. He has served as the President of Dell Services, Co-CEO and board member Wipro and General Manager at IBM Global Technology Services. 

He serves on boards of a spectrum of companies from Publicly Listed to Private Equity owned to next generation growth/early-stage firms. He is an alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 

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Umang Nahata

New Shareholders’ Nominee Director (Non- Executive)

Umang Nahata

New Shareholders’ Nominee Director (Non- Executive)

Mr. Umang Nahata was the founder and CEO of Evosys (Evolutionary System Private Limited) which under his leadership had grown to become one of the top Oracle Cloud partners globally. He was also the CEO of Mastek’s Oracle Business and President of Mastek North America, APAC, and ME. He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. Mr. Nahata has also worked for other well-known IT Service Companies in the past.

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Marilyn Jones

Independent Director

Marilyn Jones

Independent Director

Ms. Marilyn Jones (based in Texas) is a business-centric technology executive, board member, and speaker with a career spent honing a proven playbook for leading profitable results through technology transformations in multinational and public businesses, including Intuit, Dell, Dun & Bradstreet, and Travelocity. She is adept at building complex applications, data warehousing capabilities, and call center technology, as well as driving process improvements through agile methodologies. 

Ms. Jones is known for implementing creative solutions to complex business problems and fostering a culture of innovation, developing high-performing technical teams with flexibility during organizational changes. 

Ms. Jones served as Senior Vice President, Technology for Intuit Inc., Dun & Bradstreet/Hoovers, and Travelocity.com, leading technical teams of over 400 professionals and driving successful business results and organizational transformation. 

Ms. Jones has served as an Executive Board Member of Technology Women @ Intuit and as an Advisory Board Member of the University of Texas at Dallas. She also served on the Advisory Board of the Alliance of Women in Technology and the Advisory Board Member of Teradata. She earned the CEO Leadership Award at Intuit in 2016 and the Dallas Tech Titan Corporate CTO Award in 2015. 

As a respected thought leader, Ms. Jones has been a keynote speaker at multiple Agile Camp Conferences, spoken at numerous Governance and Diversity Council Symposiums, and has been a keynote speaker at various technology Conferences. 

Ms. Jones earned a Master of Science in Education from Portland State University in Oregon.

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Ashank Desai

Principal Founder and Chairman

Ashank Desai

Principal Founder and Chairman

Mr. Ashank Desai is an Information Technology (IT) Industrialist and holds a B.E. from Mumbai University, securing the second rank in the University. Having a M. Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, he also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad. He is also the co- founder of NASSCOM. 

Mr. Desai is the Principal Founder and Chairman of Mastek and has more than four decades of rich and diverse experience in the IT industry. Mr. Desai held the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Mastek earlier. He brings with him valuable experience in managing the issues faced by large and complex organisations. The Company and the Board immensely benefits by leveraging his demonstrated leadership capability, general business acumen and knowledge of complex financial and operational issues faced by the Company. 

Mr. Desai is widely recognised as an IT industry veteran and is one of the founder members and Past Chairman of NASSCOM. He has been felicitated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to NASSCOM & IT Industry. 

He also guides Mastek Foundation, whose mission is to enable “Informed Giving and Responsible Receiving”. He has been conferred with the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award from IIT Mumbai and the Computer Society of India (CSI) “Fellow of the Society” honour. He has also been presented with the Honourable Contributors Award by ASOCIO — the only Indian to receive this recognition twice. He was conferred with the much-coveted Outstanding Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 India. 

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Ketan Mehta

Founder and Director

Ketan Mehta

Founder and Director

Mr. Ketan Mehta has a Management Degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has significant experience spanning four decades in the Information Technology Industry. 

Mr. Ketan Mehta co-founded Mastek in 1982 and is also a Board member. He earlier also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mastek until June 1, 2015, after which he focused exclusively on the Majesco business. During his long stint with Mastek, Majesco and its affiliates, he has handled multiple functions including sales, delivery, and general management. He was the driving force behind the conceptualisation and execution of Majesco’s insurance strategy, including acquisition and integration of seven insurance technology companies over the last thirteen years. Prior to that, he also spearheaded Mastek’s joint venture with Deloitte Consulting. 

From October 2018 to September 2020, Mr. Mehta served as Chairman of the Board of Majesco (USA entity), when he played a pivotal role in selling Majesco business to private equity firm—Thoma Bravo. Prior to that, he served as the President of Majesco (USA entity) from 2000 until March 2019, and Chief Executive Officer of Majesco (USA entity) from July 2011 to October 2018. 

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Radhakrishnan Sundar

Founder

Radhakrishnan Sundar

Founder

Experience: Nearly four decades of vast experience in the software industry

Qualification: MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and an undergrad in ECE from REC, Trichy

Mr. Sundar worked for two years with HCL Limited, after which he co-founded Mastek. He has extensive experience in the software industry and actively participated in various strategic initiatives taken by Mastek Group. Mr. Sundar has a proven track record in building successful companies around emerging opportunities and leading technologies - having successfully nurtured start- ups both in India and the US. He was holding the position of Executive Director in Mastek Limited and Majesco Limited in India. He also serves on the Board of Sankara Eye Foundation, USA, the fund-raising arm of Sankara Eye Care, India, engaged in eliminating curable blindness among the rural poor. Presently, he is engaged extensively with the social sector assisting them in building scale and achieving financial sustainability.

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Sudhakar Ram

Founder and Former CMD

Sudhakar Ram

Founder and Former CMD

One of the Co-founder Director of Mastek, Mr. Ram brought to the table extensive experience in strategic initiatives in the areas of Vertical Enterprise Platforms and Applications that enable business transformation. He was having more than 4 decades of rich and diverse experience in Information Technology (IT) Industry.

Mr. Ram, was a veteran of the IT industry and was also a keen observer of Domestic and Global IT and business trends. He had handled the additional responsibilities of leading Mastek’s business in the UK as CEO for Mastek (UK) Ltd. (Wholly owned Subsidiary of Mastek) from 2013 until March 2015. He was on the Board of various overseas subsidiaries of Mastek in the past and contributed significantly towards establishment and growth in the respective geographies.

He was responsible for providing guidance and mentorship to the Group Chief Executive Officer which helped in translating the Board’s vision and direction to operational directions and goals. Mr. Ram was a silver medallist from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta.

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