New Delhi, March 19 -- Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd has appointed its software products head Joseph Anantharaju as its chief executive, marking a shift from having executive board members and presidents lead its various business units.

Anantharaju, who has been with the Bengaluru-based information technology services company since its inception in 2011, was an executive vice-chairman heading Happiest Minds' software products and platforms division. He has taken charge as CEO effective immediately, Happiest Minds said in a statement on Wednesday.

This organisational change comes less than five years after Happiest Minds founderAshok Soota expressed hesitance in adopting a CEO structure. Instead, the company had an executive board comp...