Swaminathan Dandapani is set to become the next chief executive of Infosys BPO, the back office unit of India’s second-biggest software exporter, a senior company official confirmed on Monday.

Mr Dandapani, currently a senior vice-president and head of global services delivery at Infosys BPO, will take over from Amitabh Chaudhry who quit the company in November last year and will serve the company till January 15.

Infosys BPO will also have a new chief operating officer (COO), at least two persons familiar with these appointments confirmed to ET on Tuesday. Ritesh M Idnani, a member of Infosys BPO executive council, will take over as COO and help the back office unit meet its operational goals. One of the persons told ET that the company has already issued an internal communication regarding these appointments last week. (more…)