Guru is the Executive Director and Group CEO of the company. A founding member, Guru was the fourth employee of the company. He has more than 25 years of experience of industry experience, including leadership roles at GE Health, Hewitt Associates and People One Consulting.
Guru is a Stanford Ignite Graduate from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, in addition to having a Master’s in Business Administration. Over the years at Quess, Guru has built the Work Force Management Platform to be an industry-leading one, set up the Shared Services Centre, integrated the Asset Management Business, and has been part of the team that takes key decisions at the corporate level.
A natural leader, Guru has keen interest in photography and restoring Vintage vehicles.
Pinaki Kar is the President of our Global Technology Solutions business and spearheads the IT Services & Staffing business, Business Process Management, and Customer Life Cycle management across India, US, Canada, and Singapore. Pinaki has over 24 years of experience in the industry and has an exemplary track record of driving growth in Global Technology Services. Pinaki worked at Zensar Technologies before joining Quess, where he was the President & Chief Executive of Infrastructure Management and Cloud Solutions. Before that, he was the CEO & President of Wipro Infocrossing, where he executed a gamut of roles spanning P&L Leadership, Geography Head, Sales & Marketing, M&A, and Corporate Development and Strategy. Pinaki holds a Bachelor's degree in Production Engineering from Jadavpur University and a PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur. He was the keynote speaker in leading industry forums like Gartner Summit and IDC Conclave. He has also represented the Indian IT Industry as a member of the Prime Minister's business delegation during the then PM's state visit.
Mr. N. Ravi Vishwanath is Group CFO, Quess Corp Limited.
Mr. N Ravi Vishwanath is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and also holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Bangalore University. He has over 30 years of experience in Finance, Taxation, Corporate Laws, and M&A as under:
■ Feb 2011 to March 2021: Group Chief Financial Officer, TeamLease Services Limited: Responsible for all financial / taxation and corporate law matters of the Company and its group companies apart from managing investor relation activities. Led discussions with the Private Equity firms resulting in a second round of capital infusion in April 2011 and successfully handled the company’s IPO in 2016. Over the past few years worked on M&A, Board effectiveness, improving performance management, building an effective and efficient finance team for the future through a combination of renewed information architecture, BI and training, and developing an enterprise wide risk framework.
■ September 2005 to June 2010: Finance Director – India GEM, Sun Microsystems India Private Limited: Head of various finance functions including the India Engineering Center, FP&A, Revenue Management, Corporate Law and Taxation (both direct and indirect) related matters.
■ February 2003 to August 2005: Senior Vice President–Finance, Symphony Services Corp (India) Private Limited: Responsible for all financial, corporate law related, commercial, legal/taxation, infrastructure/administration/facilities, FP&A and M&A functions for the organization in India.
■ May 2000 to February 2003: Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer, Majoris Systems Private Limited: Responsible for all financial, commercial, corporate/legal matters in the organization, including investor relations; ensured the company survived the downturn and turned profitable.
He has also worked for many years as a tax/regulatory and business advisory services professional in senior leadership roles at Arthur Andersen and PwC.
Sanjay Anandaram has been an Independent Director of our company since December 2015. He is a Bachelor's degree holder in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University in Kolkata and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Equipped with over 28 years of experience in the industry, he has been a corporate executive, investor, teacher, and advisor to funds and entrepreneurs.
Ms Lakshmi Sarada. R is an Independent Director of Conneqt Business Solution Limited. Lakshmi Sarada has vast exposure in the field of Secretarial, Finance, Direct and Indirect Taxation. Lakshmi Sarada has given expert opinions and advisory services on Company Law matters. Lakshmi Sarada has represented before NCLT, RBI and Reginal Director on several matters. Lakshmi Sarada is a qualified Company Secretary, an associate member of the Insurance Institute of India and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce. Lakshmi Sarada is a level 3 Certified Member in NCFM conducted by NSEIT.
Arjun Ramaraju is the Chief Executive Officer of Conneqt Business Solutions Ltd. with more than 26 years of rich and diverse experience in IT & ITes fields. Prior to this, Arjun served as Senior Vice President and Global Head at Wipro where he built several new businesses in the energy, utilities, mining, engineering, construction and operations, working closely with Fortune 100 companies in their digital, outsourcing and business transformation agendas across 30 countries.
Arjun holds an engineering degree from B.M.S. College of Engineering and had participated in several leadership programs in IIM Bangalore and Harvard Business School. He is passionate about driving growth and mentoring leaders.
Naozer is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Conneqt. In this role, Naozer applies his executive leadership strength to our delivery function's overall strategy, planning, operations, and key transformational initiatives. Besides being responsible for India BFSI sales/account management and building practices he also oversees corporate support functions of IT, facilities, corporate quality, and transitions. With 29 years of experience in banking and BPO, he drives business execution excellence. Before joining Connect, Naozer served as the chief executive officer of e-Nxt Financials Ltd (a TATA Enterprise), Executive Director at Prudential Process Management Services Ltd & Coo at Standard Chartered Bank group. Naozer has completed his PGDM with a specialization in finance and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
As CHRO, Jays oversees the overall people strategy for Conneqt. He is not only responsible for onboarding, developing, retaining talent but also in creating a culture of performance and camaraderie. He has always been an expert in establishing a work environment that balances both human compassion and sophisticated techniques. Jays has about 25 years of experience across a wide spectrum of industries in areas of human resources, total quality management and IT implementation. He moved to CBSL from Quess Corp. Prior to that, he had held leadership positions at Cleartrip.com, Madura Fashion and Lifestyle (Aditya Birla Group), Mind tree and Taj Group of Hotels. His passion made him do a stint in HR Consulting. By education, Jays is a B. Tech in Electronics & Communication and an M. Tech in Management Studies from IISc. Bangalore.
Krishnan is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Conneqt. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of the finance function at Conneqt that includes financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, and corporate strategy. He has over 21 years of experience across industries and prior to joining Conneqt, he served in a variety of finance leadership roles in Tata Projects and Blue Star.
Mohan is BE in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Guindy. He had served Wipro for 18 years in various roles managing a global P&L of $100Mn. His last role was Group Head - Cloud Enterprise Apps & Digital. Prior to that, he spent about 10+ years as an Oracle, SAP & JD Edwards consultant. At Conneqt he will build new Digital IT competencies & establish technology partnerships. He will lead the growth agenda for Digital IT services in the global GICs in India & support Digital growth in the IT & BPM markets in India
