Michael Patsalos-Fox named Cognizant board chairman

Bengaluru Sep 24 (IANS) American global software major Cognizant has appointed Michael Patsalos-Fox as its new Board Chairman the company said on Monday.
"The company s Board of Directors has elected Patsalos-Fox as the new chairman " the company said in a statement from its headquarters in New Jersey.
Patsalos-Fox 65 succeeds John E. Klein 77 who served as the company s chairman for the past 15 years.
"I am pleased to accept the position of chairman as Cognizant continues to grow and build its digital leadership worldwide " said Patsalos-Fox who has been on the global firm s board since 2012.
He had earlier worked as a Senior Partner at the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company for 32 years.
The company was founded in 1994 by its Indian-origin-American Vice-Chairman Francisco D Souza former President Lakshmi Narayanan from India and Sri Lankan techie Kumar Mahadeva.
US-based Cognizant has its software development centres in Bengaluru Hyderabad Chennai Mumbai and Gurugram among other locations.

--IANS bha/mr