Board of Directors

Mr. Aiman Ezzat, born on May 22, 1961, holds a MSc (Master of Science) in chemical engineering from École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon in France and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

Mr. Aiman Ezzat has been Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini SE since May 20, 2020. He has also been a Director of Capgemini SE and a member of the Strategy & CSR Committee since the same date. He is also a Director of Air Liquide since May 4, 2021. In September 2021, he was named the “Best European CEO” for the technology and software category in Institutional Investor’s “2021 All Europe Executive Team” annual ranking.

Mr. Aiman Ezzat was Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini SE from January 1, 2018 to May 20, 2020. He was Chief Financial Officer of the Group from December 2012 to the end of May 2018. In March 2017, he was named the “Best European CFO” for the technology and software category in Institutional Investor’s “2017 All European Executive Team” annual ranking.

From December 2008 to 2012, he led the Financial Services Global Business Unit (GBU) after serving as Chief Operating Officer from November 2007. Mr. Aiman Ezzat also served as Capgemini’s Deputy Director of Strategy from 2005 to 2007. He played a key role in the development of the Booster turnaround plan for the Group’s activities in the United States, as well as in the development of the Group’s offshore strategy. In 2006, he was part of the acquisition and integration team for Kanbay, a global IT services firm focused on the Financial Services industry.

Before joining Capgemini, from 2000 to 2004, Mr. Aiman Ezzat served as Managing Director of International Operations at Headstrong, a global business and technology consultancy, where he worked in the Financial Services sector.

This came after nine years at Gemini Consulting (Gemini Consulting was the former brand of the strategic and transformation consulting arm of the Capgemini group, which subsequently became Capgemini Consulting and then Invent), where he held a number of roles including Global Head of the Oil, Gas and Chemicals practice.

Mr. Aiman Ezzat is a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Keshav Murugesh serves as Group Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of WNS. Keshav is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of the organization. He is the Chairman of The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) UK India Business Forum (IBF). He has been closely associated with NASSCOM, the apex industry body for Indian IT and Business Process Management (BPM) companies, in various capacities — Chairperson of NASSCOM (2019-20), Chairperson of the Business Process Management (BPM) Council (2015-17). He was also the Chairman of the NASSCOM Consumer Interest Protection Task Force. He was the Honorary Chairman of The Confederation of Indian Industry – Western India’s Education Committee (from 2017 to 2018). Until recent he was also member of the National Executive Council, NASSCOM. Keshav is an active Wall Street Journal (WSJ) CEO Council and G100 member. He is a Member of the Board of WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), which focuses on the education and empowerment of lesser-privileged children in WNS locations globally.

Prior to WNS, he held several leadership positions in global companies, including President and CEO of Syntel Inc. and ITC Ltd. (an affiliate of BAT Plc). Keshav is a social evangelist who introduced the first-ever Cyber Crime educational series for the Mumbai Police through WNS and NASSCOM. He also has significant experience in overseeing and managing sustainability practices and initiatives. He is the Co-chief mentor and Non-executive member of Project Management Committee of Kalpataru Center of Entrepreneurship (CoE), on the “Industry 4.0” domain. which was established under the guidance of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. He was the Founder Chairman of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) India, now known as Enactus, a global organization involved in educational outreach projects in partnership with businesses. He is also a Charter Member of the Board of Trustees for TiE Mumbai, which is a non-profit organization focused on fostering entrepreneurship though mentoring, networking, funding and incubation and a member on advisory board of Atlas Skilltech University, a self-financed academic university.

Keshav has been recognized as a ‘Mega Icon’ by the National Geographic Channel. He was also recognized as the ‘Executive of the Year’ at the 2019 Stevie International Business Awards and as one of the ‘Most Influential Business Leaders of Asia’ by The Economic Times in 2019. He is a recipient of the CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Award and was named CNBC Asia’s ‘India Disruptor of the Year’ in 2018. He was also honored with the Amity Global Corporate Leadership Excellence Award in 2023. He is also a recipient of the ‘Outstanding CEO’ at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2015 and the prestigious Chartered Accountants Achiever Award 2013.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Keshav’s business address is HYLO, 103, Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8LZ.

Michael Schulte was appointed CEO of Northern Europe in 2021, at which point he also joined the Group Executive Board.

Prior to this, Michael was Managing Director of Capgemini’s Business Unit in Germany (from 2018 to 2020) after having led the Application Services business in Germany since 2013.

Under Michael´s leadership Capgemini was able to aggressively gain market share and reached market leader positions both in management consulting as well as application development. In addition, he was able to position Capgemini as a leading brand for digital talents.

Michael has held a variety of leadership positions at Capgemini in both Germany and the US especially within the strategy and transformation consulting practice of the Group. He joined Capgemini in 1993 through Gemini Consulting, which is today known as Capgemini Invent.

He studied mechanical engineering at the Bochum Ruhr-University (Germany) as well as at the A&M University in Texas (US) and subsequently completed his doctorate in the field of production engineering at the University of Saarland (Germany).