Former Infosys exec joins Tech Mahindra as chief people officer

Former Infosys executive head Richard Lobo has joined IT services firm Tech Mahindra as the chief people officer. Welcoming him onboard, Tech Mahindra chief executive officer and managing director Mohit Joshi wrote on the professional networking platform LinkedIn, “Your people-first approach to empower organisations in the new world of work and passion for nurturing young leaders will serve as a catalyst in shaping our future. Look forward to taking #TechMahindraOnwardsAndUpwards, together.”

An industry veteran, Lobo has 28 years of experience. He started his career at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. before moving to Infosys where he worked for over 22 years. At the time of leaving the IT giant, Lobo was the executive vice president and head of human resources. He also served as a Director on the Board of Infosys Consulting and Infosys China, as per his LinkedIn profile.  He is an alum of the Manipal Institute of Technology and Xavier Institute of Management.

Notably, like Lobo, Tech Mahindra’s Joshi is also a former Infosys execute who joined the former in June 2023 after a 22-year stint. Apart from Lobo and Joshi, ex-Infosys Peeyush Dubey joined Tech Mahindra as the chief marketing officer as part of the senior management reorganisation at the company. Before joining Tech Mahindra, Dubey had a brief stint of over one year until November at Bengaluru-based AI analytics solutions firm TheMathCompany. Prior to that Dubey has worked at IT major Infosys heading its global marketing division for over ten years followed by Mindtree and then with LTI Infotech following the merger as its executive vice president and the CMO until 2022. 

In related news, Infosys recently sent a letter to IT consultancy firm Cognizant, accusing it of poaching its employees using ‘unethical techniques’ as reported by Moneycontrol. Till now four Infosys executives have joined Cognizant. Recently, Indian IT major Wipro filed a lawsuit against former Chief Executive Officer Jatin Dalal and executives Mohd Haque just days after they joined Cognizant.