Cognizant announced that it has appointed former Infosys President Ravi Kumar S as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Kumar replaces Brian Humphries as Cognizant CEO. Humphries will remain with the company as a special advisor until 15 March, 2023.

Kumar joins Cognizant after a 20-year career at Infosys, where he held various leadership roles, most recently serving as President from January 2016 through October 2022. In this role, he led the Infosys Global Services Organization across all global industry segments, driving digital transformation services, consulting services, technology services, engineering services, data & analytics, cloud and infrastructure, and enterprise package applications service lines.