New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- The week (Nov 15-21) was marked by high-profile executive reshuffles across India's and global enterprise tech companies, including Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Suryoday Small Finance Bank, MongoDB, Impetus Technologies, Datadog, and Hexaware Technologies, announcing senior leadership appointments that aimed at accelerating digital transformation, deepening security capabilities, and sharpening their global growth strategies. Here's a roundup:
Manoj Deorukhkar joins Shapoorji Pallonji Group as CIO
Shapoorji Pallonji Group has appointed veteran technology leader Manoj Deorukhkar as Chief Information Officer, strengthening its digitalisation and enterprise technology agenda. With more than three decades of experience in IT strategy, transformation, and innovation, Deorukhkar will lead the conglomerate's technology vision across digital platforms, analytics, cybersecurity and business continuity. Deorukhkar returns to Shapoorji Pallonji after serving as CIO of Sterling and Wilson, where he drove digital transformation, reinforced information security practices, and implemented resilience frameworks that proved critical during the pandemic. His earlier stints span Accenture, Capgemini, Bristlecone/Mahindra Consulting, and Tata Steel, establishing him as a leader known for aligning technology with core business strategy and scale.
Suryoday Small Finance Bank elevates Sumeet Mishra to CISO
Sumeet Mishra has taken charge as Chief Information Security Officer at Suryoday Small Finance Bank, marking a major step in his cybersecurity career after nearly six years with the bank. Mishra will oversee security strategy, governance, regulatory compliance, and cyber defense as the bank deepens its digital footprint. Previously Deputy CISO, Mishra played a key role in shaping Suryoday's security maturity-driving ISO 27001 preparedness, vulnerability management, secure SDLC practices and enterprise-wide awareness programs. His earlier experience at Paladion, SI Group, Wipro Infotech, 3i Infotech, and Euronet Services gives him a strong technical foundation across threat analysis, network security, and infrastructure protection.
Chirantan Desai appointed President & CEO of MongoDB
Database major MongoDB has named Chirantan "CJ" Desai as its President and CEO, underscoring its push to expand its position in modern data platforms and cloud-native transformation. Desai brings nearly 30 years of experience across Cloudflare, ServiceNow, EMC, Symantec, Pivotal, and Oracle, where he led global engineering, product, infrastructure and operating functions. Desai's tenure includes scaling multi-billion-dollar product portfolios and driving enterprise innovation across cloud, security and AI. He also serves as a guest lecturer at Stanford University and previously sat on the board of Zebra Technologies.
Impetus Technologies names Nachiket Deshpande as CEO
Enterprise data and AI engineering firm Impetus Technologies has appointed Nachiket Deshpande-previously President at LTI Mindtree-as its new CEO, aligning with the company's global expansion and AI-led growth ambitions. At LTI Mindtree, Deshpande shaped the firm's AI strategy, launched its packaged Agentic AI suite BlueVerse, and drove global delivery and operations as COO. He earlier spent two decades at Cognizant across AI, data, cloud, and BFSI leadership roles.
Datadog appoints John Trapani as Field CTO for Financial Services
Observability and cloud security platform Datadog has named John Trapani as Field CTO for Financial Services in a newly created role aimed at deepening its sector-specific strategy. Trapani will work across sales, product, and marketing teams to strengthen Datadog's unified observability and AI-driven capabilities for BFSI enterprises. Trapani brings 35+ years of experience, including leadership roles at Appian and a two-decade stint at Fitch Ratings, where he led engineering for core analytical platforms.
Hexaware names Aditya Jayaraman as Country Head, India
Hexaware Technologies has appointed Aditya Jayaraman (Adi) as Country Head for India, where he will steer the company's GCC 2.0 strategy, enterprise growth, and India operations. Jayaraman, who has over 25 years of experience across cloud, IT, data, and AI/ML, most recently led AWS's Hi-Tech vertical in North America. A former Bay Area startup operator and co-founder of a GenAI incubator, he has supported digital transformation programs for over 150 Fortune 1000 companies. Jayaraman holds an engineering degree from NIT Trichy, an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and is a CFA charter holder.
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