“I suspect it’s a board role,” said Peter Bendor Samuel, CEO of US-based IT research advisory firm Everest Group. Padmasree, he said, would be able to make a significant contribution to Wipro, helping guide them through the transition from a firm exclusively focused on the industrial arbitrage space to a firm which seeks to establish itself as a leader in the as-a-service and automation markets. “This transition is going to be very challenging and bringing in outside points of view from leading industry thinks such as Padmasree will be essential,” he said. Read more.
