Virtusa announces leadership transition

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Nitesh Banga to succeed Santosh Thomas as Chief Executive Officer

Nitesh Banga

Virtusa Corporation, a global leader in digital business strategy, digital engineering, and IT services, has announced a leadership transition with the appointment of Nitesh Banga as President and CEO.

Nitesh will succeed Santosh Thomas, who is stepping down to pursue outside opportunities. Thomas has agreed to stay on as a strategic advisor through the transition process.

“I am immensely proud of the substantial growth we have accomplished together over the past four years at Virtusa. It has been exciting to witness firsthand the positive impact our efforts have had on our people, our clients and their customers,” said Santosh. “I firmly believe Virtusa has a bright future ahead, helping our global clients deliver exceptional experiences that will take advantage of the future of technology.”

During his tenure as CEO, Thomas guided Virtusa through a holistic company transformation. He established the strategic direction of the company, drove worldwide operational excellence through targeted investments in personnel, technology, and commercial initiatives. He oversaw several strategic acquisitions and digital capability expansion efforts which significantly broadened the company’s services and resulted in record-high client and employee net-promoter scores.

Nitesh Banga joins Virtusa from GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company, where he served as President and CEO. Nitesh is an industry veteran with diversified expertise ranging across strategy, business development, service delivery, operations, and mergers and acquisitions. In his tenure at GlobalLogic, he oversaw transformational and exponential growth as a design-led digital engineering leader, as well as the company’s acquisition and successful integration with Hitachi. During his tenure, the organisation was able to uphold exceptional client and employee satisfaction, reflecting a commitment to strategic and results-oriented leadership. Beyond his most recent role, Banga brings nearly three decades of leadership in the technology services industry, including over 20 years at Infosys, where he held various leadership positions around the globe.

“I am deeply honoured to step into this role at such a pivotal moment of change in the industry, and the world,” said Nitesh. “In this new era, the advantage will rest with enterprises who drive with a hyper focus on their customers’ needs through adoption of digital and AI technologies coupled with a robust data strategy. Virtusa occupies a distinctive and advantageous position to assist brands in transforming and differentiating their businesses through technology. I am excited to work with our team to evolve our business and double down on the deep domain depth and engineering DNA that has defined Virtusa, to bring innovative new experiences and solutions to the market alongside our marquee clients.”