HCL AXON Leaders
VINEET NAYAR
CEO, HCL Technologies
Vineet Nayar is the CEO of the $2.3 billion HCL Technologies Ltd, leading a team of 54,443 professionals in 26 countries to drive growth in IT Services industry. He also serves on the board of the company as a whole time Director. Vineet has instituted several radical programs that began a quiet transformation across the organization. His mantra of "Employee First" and a strong belief in value-based leadership has been recognized globally. Fortune Magazine has articulated his leadership style as "The World's Most Modern Management" and the London Business School calls him "the leader of organizational Innovation".
V. RAMAKRISHNA
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Application Services, HCL Technologies
V. Ramakrishna (Ram) is a Corporate Vice President, at HCL Technologies Ltd. He heads the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) business and also is responsible for newly created Enterprise Transformation Services (ETS), which has seen considerable growth since its inception two years ago.
Till recently, Ram was the CEO of HCL - Capital Market Services, an arm of HCL Technologies Limited which was created as a result of the successful acquisition of a Deutsche Bank entity, DSL Software by HCL.
He has a Masters Degree from I.I.T, Kanpur, India's premier technology institute and is a Fellow of IETE.
STEPHEN CARDELL
President, HCL AXON
Stephen Cardell was AXON's Chief Executive Officer, having joined AXON's Board on 2 December 2003 as Chief Operating Officer.
Stephen was previously AXON's Commercial Director, and prior to that he was a Director of Bywater, the Business Consultancy AXON acquired in 2001. He has worked as an advisor for a wide range of national and international companies, including Orange, BP, Yell, Vodafone, Borealis, Transport for London, the NHS and United Utilities. Stephen holds business qualifications from Bath and London Business Schools. Stephen is 37.
