Cognizant Appoints Jatin Dalal As New CFO

Cognizant appointed Jatin Dalal as chief financial officer which will come into effect in December 2023.

Jan Siegmund, who stated his intention to retire in early 2024, will be replaced by Dalal.

Dalal will report to Cognizant’s CEO, Ravi Kumar S, and be in charge of the company’s global financial planning and analysis, accounting and controllership, tax, treasury, internal audit, corporate development, investor relations, and enterprise risk management functions, among other things, said the press report.

“Jatin is a highly experienced technology services CFO with a proven track record of financial and operational success in a complex and quickly evolving industry. We are pleased to welcome Jatin to Cognizant and confident he will help us achieve our goals as we continue to focus on driving revenue growth,” said Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Wipro.

He was working at Wipro as a CFO from April 2015 until December 2019, when he took on additional duties as President. From 2011 until 2015, he worked as the global finance head for Wipro’s energy & utilities, health care, and manufacturing business groups. prior to that, he held the positions of UK head of finance for the Europe area and global finance head for Wipro.