Keshav R. Murugesh is an Indian businessman who is the Group CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of WNS Holdings, a multinational

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(BPM) company. Murugesh is the Chairman of the

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UK India Business Forum. He was the

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's Chairperson in 2019-20, and Chairperson of Nasscom BPM Council for two consecutive terms (2015–17). He is the former Chairperson of the

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Consumer Interest Protection Task Force. Keshav is a member of

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(WSJ) CEO Council. He is also an active member of G100 and has addressed many international gatherings – including the Harvard India Conference (2018 & 2023), the Global Boardroom hosted by The Financial Times (2021), the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum (2022), Social Impact Day panel at the Imperial College Business School, London (2021 & 2022), and as part of the panel on India-US relations hosted by ISB and the UCLA Anderson School of Management (2020).

Education and career

Keshav holds a

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degree and is a Fellow of The

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. Keshav started his career in 1989 with the

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department at

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, and progressed to become its

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, Finance. He joined Syntel Inc. as CFO in 2002, became its president and COO in 2004 and CEO in early 2009. In February 2010, Keshav joined WNS Holdings as its Group CEO.

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Living people Indian chairpersons of corporations Indian accountants 1963 births Andhra University alumni {{India-business-bio-stub

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