K.V. Kamath to head Infosys

By IANS,

Bangalore: K.V. Kamath was Saturday named as the next chairman of the IT bellwether Infosys, succeeding N.R. Narayana Murthy.


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Murthy said Kamath will take over from Aug 21. Murthy’s term ends the same day.

Kamath is the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of ICICI Bank, India’s second largest bank.

According to the ICICI website, Kamath has a degree in mechanical engineering and did his MBA at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. He started his career in 1971 at ICICI. In 1988, he moved to the Asian Development Bank.

In 1996, Kamath returned to ICICI as its managing director and CEO.

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