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INSIGHT<br />
The global desis<br />
Close to a dozen Indians manage IT for the Fortune<br />
500 companies. Find out who they are...<br />
By CIO&Leader<br />
J<br />
ust like it isn't rare to spot an Indian while<br />
travelling to the rarest corners of the world, it<br />
isn't rare for an Indian to head a large Indian<br />
corporation today. We all know about Google<br />
when it was choosing Sundar Pichai for the<br />
top job, there wasn’t another contender in<br />
the race. In the case of Uber, however, former<br />
Google and Softbank executive Nikesh Arora,<br />
was among the candidates considered for the<br />
post of Uber's CEO.<br />
As Indian companies expand their businesses<br />
and advance into new territories,<br />
people will be the immediate beneficiaries of<br />
their success.<br />
Is it interesting to see that global organizations<br />
are appointing leaders from diverse<br />
backgrounds and cultures to look after their<br />
businesses. What’s stirring this diversity in<br />
organizations?<br />
According to a Glassdoor survey conducted in<br />
<strong>2017</strong>, the largest highly inclusive organizations<br />
generate 2.3 times more cash flow per employee,<br />
while the smaller companies had 13 times higher<br />
mean cash flow from operations when compared<br />
to peer organizations. The survey added<br />
that highly inclusive organizations generate 1.4<br />
times more revenue and are 120% more capable<br />
of meeting financial targets.<br />
While CEOs remain cynosure of everyone's<br />
eyes, it is the CIOs or the IT leaders, who are an<br />
eclectic but a shy bunch, and hardly make headlines<br />
with their appointments. Thanks to Vivek<br />
Kundra who served as the first Chief Information<br />
Officer of the United States and Hardik<br />
Bhatt, the CIO of the State of Illinois, brought<br />
the position back to the limelight. And thus, has<br />
given rise to a trend across the globe.<br />
Enterprises also have appointed Indian<br />
CIOs to look after their IT departments and<br />
implementations. Some Indian CIOs took this<br />
responsibility from their homelands while<br />
others were born there. Some even moved<br />
there after securing these top positions.<br />
We bring to you ten names who have set<br />
ex<strong>amp</strong>les for others to follow. The appointment<br />
of these CIOs is surely not an aberration<br />
and it will be interesting to see whether it continues<br />
to remain a trend.<br />
26 CIO&LEADER | <strong>October</strong> <strong>2017</strong>
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