Keshav R. Murugesh serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of NYSE listed WNS Global Services. He also serves as the Chairman of the NASSCOM BPM Council in India. He is a Board Member of WNS Cares Foundation, which focuses on education for the lesser-privileged children as the core medium of community outreach and uplift in WNS locations globally.

Based in Mumbai, Mr. Murugesh is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of the 31,000 plus people organization. He has differentiated WNS as the first player in the outsourcing space to implement an end-to-end vertical approach, a technology-enabled offerings program and a unique client-centric client-partner program.

Prior to joining WNS, Mr. Murugesh served as the President and CEO of Syntel Inc., where he was responsible for the company's global IT services and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) businesses. The Syntel tenure was preceded by a range of progressively responsible senior management positions at conglomerate ITC Ltd., an affiliate of BAT Plc.

He was awarded the prestigious CA Achiever award for 2013 by the ICAI. He was recognized as the ‘Outstanding CEO’ at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2015.