DBT Bureau
Bengaluru, 19 February 2025
Engineering services firm, Cyient on Wednesday announced the appointment of Sukamal Banerjee as its chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director effective immediately.
With over three decades of experience, Banerjee has held several senior leadership roles in major tech firms, including HCLTech, where he was overseeing the engineering business.
Before this appointment, he was the CEO and Board Member at Chrys Capital-backed digital engineering company Xoriant, which he joined in March 2023.
Banerjee’s appointment came after Karthikeyan Natarajan’s resignation as Cyient’s CEO and executive director last month after the company posted a sharp drop in its third-quarter revenue.
Commenting on the appointment, MM Murugappan, Chairman, Cyient, said, “I am delighted with the appointment of Sukamal as the next CEO to drive the DET business. Sukamal is a values-based leader whose experience and leadership in the ER&D and Technology sector will help Cyient tremendously as we strengthen the organization to deliver the next phase of accelerated growth. I am confident that under Sukamal’s leadership, Cyient DET will be poised to be a leading technology-led intelligent engineering solutions organization delivering to the expectations of our Clients, Associates, and Shareholders.”
Welcoming Sukamal to Cyient, Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Cyient, Krishna Bodanapu said, “I am excited to be partnering with Sukamal to deliver on our brand promise of Designing Tomorrow Together. As Cyient continues to strengthen our core engineering offerings and to build technology-led intelligent engineering solutions, Sukamal will lead Cyient DET through a transformative phase of growth. Sukamal’s proven leadership in the ER&D and Technology services sector will tremendously benefit Cyient as we deliver on our commitment to accelerated growth.”
