BENGALURU: The board of Infosys is coming under fire with experts probing whether it has failed to effectively shield outgoing CEO Vishal Sikka and resolve differences with founders, instead of escalating matters to a warlike situation.
“The board has handled this situation poorly — they brought in Sikka, endorsed his strategy and then did not provide him adequate support and allowed Murthy to undermine him. Sikka also has some of the blame as it became clear early that he needed to build a relationship with Murthy and take him along,” Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO of US-based research and advisory firm Everest Group, said.
