Wipro ropes in Anis Chenchah as APMEA region CEO

Wipro has appointed Anis Chenchah as a member of the company’s executive board and chief executive officer (CEO) of Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) region.

According to Wipro, Anis Chenchah has more than 20 years of experience in consulting, IT, and business process services.

Anis Chenchah comes from Capgemini where he was in the role of global CEO of Capgemini Business Services as well as member of the group executive committee. Before that, the new Wipro AMEA CEO held various leadership roles in Capgemini Financial Services in Europe and the Middle East.

Thierry Delaporte — CEO and Managing Director of Wipro said: “I warmly welcome Anis to Wipro. His appointment is a bold indication of our ambition for exponential growth and leadership in APMEA as we tap into its promising future.

“With his successful track record of driving high growth in diverse contexts, managing complex transformations and building high-performance teams, Anis is well-positioned to accelerate our success in this strategic market.”

Anis Chenchah has a Master’s degree in Engineering from ENSISA in France. He takes over from N S Bala, who was the CEO of the APMEA Strategic Market Unit for the last year but had to move back to the US owing to personal reasons.

Anis Chenchah said: “I admire Wipro’s purpose and its extraordinary commitment to social good and am impressed by the effectiveness of its transformation over the past 2 years. It is a privilege to lead Wipro’s business in a region that I am deeply passionate about, and to partner with our clients as they accelerate their business and digital transformation.”