Appointment to be effective May 26, 2023
Bengaluru, India – May 26, 2023
Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next generation digital services and consulting, today announced the appointment of Helene Auriol Potier (DIN: 10166891) as an Independent Director of the Company, effective May 26, 2023. This appointment is based on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Infosys Board, and is for a period of three years, subject to the approval of shareholders.
Ms. Helene Auriol Potier has built her career in digital technologies and in the telecommunications industry. A truly global career spanning multiple geographies, including the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
She started her career in New York in telecommunications in 1986. In 1990, Helene joined the Canadian mobile technology company Nortel Networks Corporation where she spent 15 years and held various senior leadership positions among which were also Vice President Sales Mobile Division Worldwide and Vice President Services & Operations EMEA.
In 2005, Helene joined Dell Inc. She was the CEO Africa, Mediterranean and CEE.
She joined Microsoft Corporation in 2008. During her 10 years tenure at Microsoft, she served in various senior leadership capacities including CEO Microsoft Singapore and, Managing Director Artificial Intelligence Europe.
From November 2018 to December 2020, she was Executive Vice-President in charge of International Business B2B for Orange.
Helene is often called to speak on the topics of digital transformation, corporate governance and ESG.
She served as independent director on the boards of US listed company Mimecast Limited until May 2022, Ispen S.A. until May 2018 and Faiveley Transport S.A. until November 2016.
Helene received a Master of Science in Engineering from Telecom Paris and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Helene currently serves as independent non-executive director on the boards of Safran S.A., Accor S.A., Randstad N.V. and Oddo BHF S.C.A. She chairs the Accor board ESG committee and Oddo BHF board compensation committee. Helene is also ESG co-chair and board member at Institut Français des Administrateurs, (IFA), the French association of corporate directors. She is also a senior advisor at a leading global private equity firm.
Welcoming Helene to the Board, D. Sundaram, Lead Independent Director and Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Infosys, said, “We are delighted to welcome Helene to the Board of Infosys. Her expertise in the domains of digital transformation and ESG, and her deep insights into key global markets and technology will be invaluable for us.”
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 of our people work to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses and communities. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in more than 50 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by the cloud. We enable them with an AI-powered core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
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Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India and the US, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.
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