MUMBAI: As part of a concerted effort to accelerate growth, Patni has intensified its regional focus bringing greater synergy from its long established vertical structure. Patni’s regional business will now be structured into four key geographies including US, EMEA, APAC, and SAARC.
Patni Computer Systems, the global IT and BPO services provider, has announced key leadership appointments to its leadership team.

To tap the growing opportunity in Asia Pacific, Patni has divided the region into APAC and SAARC. Asia Pacific is expected to contribute 15 per cent of global sales by 2012 and the split is aimed at maximising the opportunity through a concerted focus in the regions. Patni’s APAC operations will be headquartered in Singapore and the SAARC operations from India.
 
To drive its APAC focus, V Mathivanan (Mathi), has been appointed President, APAC and will lead this business from Singapore, where Patni has recently established its new regional headquarters.
The SAARC region will function independently with a growing focus on India. Deepak Khosla who was earlier Head of APAC will now lead the SAARC region. Patni is bullish about its India growth and plans to strengthen its India presence with a focus on the Telecom, Insurance, Manufacturing and eGovernance.
 
Patni also recently expanded its operations in EMEA with the establishment of a new headquarters in London as well as key top-level appointments in Continental Europe. Brian Stones continues to head its EMEA operations.

Commenting on the new appointments, Jeya Kumar, CEO, PATNI said, “Our overriding focus has been to identify growth areas and then ensure that these are followed through with the right management support. These appointments are part of that promise and a reinforced regional structure will see this vision through to fruition.”

APAC’s Mathi comes with over 30 years of experience specializing in IT with companies such as Singapore Network Services (SNS) and CrimsonLogic. Mathi served as Managing Director of Singapore Network Services (SNS) and transformed the Singapore-based EDI company into CrimsonLogic, a global IT solutions and services provider expanding into operations in the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Prior to that, Mathi was Vice President (IT) in Port of Singapore Authority and PSA Corporation where he led the automation and computerization of port operations for which he was awarded the coveted Public Administration Award from the President of Singapore.

 
Naresh K. Lakhanpal, has been appointed President, Patni Americas Inc., which accounts for a significant portion of the company’s revenues. Naresh has over 23 years of diverse business experience including operations, sales, engineering, product development and strategy. Naresh was with Deloitte & Touche as Global Practice Director, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice, CEO of Navigational Sciences and has held senior management positions with Tandem Computers and Ericsson.