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Two-thirds of board members in 2017 are no longer with the company while a third have changed in just the last 18 months—a rare event in normal circumstances.
Editor's note: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. seems to have taken Marie Kondo’s “discard and declutter” message to heart. In a clean-up move reminiscent of what the Japanese organizing guru recommends on her hit Netflix show, the Teaneck, New Jersey-based IT services company has gone about seeing off a bunch of senior-level executives in the last 18 months. At the same time, Cognizant has also inducted four new members into its 11-member board, even as CEO Brian Humphries struggles to put the Nasdaq-listed company back on the high-growth track. Boards rarely go through such a massive overhaul—a third of board members have changed under Humphries’s watch and two-thirds of those who comprised the 12-memberboard in 2017 are no longer with the company—except when there is a proxy fight, a merger or when a number of independent directors retire. Why then is Cognizant seeing a rash of exits of the old guard from its board and induction of new faces? Signs of trouble The unusual shakeout of the Cognizant board underscores the depths of the company’s problems, say multiple former company executives and analysts …
Two-thirds of board members in 2017 are no longer with the company while a third have changed in just the last 18 months—a rare event in normal circumstances.
Editor's note: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. seems to have taken Marie Kondo’s “discard and declutter” message to heart. In a clean-up move reminiscent of what the Japanese organizing guru recommends on her hit Netflix show, the Teaneck, New Jersey-based IT services company has gone about seeing off a bunch of senior-level executives in the last 18 months. At the same time, Cognizant has also inducted four new members into its 11-member board, even as CEO Brian Humphries struggles to put the Nasdaq-listed company back on the high-growth track. Boards rarely go through such a massive overhaul—a third of board members have changed under Humphries’s watch and two-thirds of those who comprised the 12-memberboard in 2017 are no longer with the company—except when there is a proxy fight, a merger or when a number of independent directors retire. Why then is Cognizant seeing a rash of exits of the old guard from its board and induction of new faces? Signs of trouble The unusual shakeout of the Cognizant board underscores the depths of the company’s problems, say multiple former company executives and analysts …
For the past three months, the Mangaluru-based private sector lender hasn’t had a full-time chief executive. But finding a successor is as important as fixing the bank’s worrying financials.
Contrary to popular perception, any tinkering with the H-1B visa process may not hit local companies hard and may actually end up driving more jobs to India.
The flop show of the super app Tata Neu isn’t the biggest problem for Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran. The new CEO he has now picked has more fundamental issues to fix.
For the past three months, the Mangaluru-based private sector lender hasn’t had a full-time chief executive. But finding a successor is as important as fixing the bank’s worrying financials.
Contrary to popular perception, any tinkering with the H-1B visa process may not hit local companies hard and may actually end up driving more jobs to India.
The flop show of the super app Tata Neu isn’t the biggest problem for Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran. The new CEO he has now picked has more fundamental issues to fix.
