In another senior exit, Wipro's head of large deals team quits

The head of Wipro Ltd’s large deals team has resigned, dealing another blow to chief executive Thierry Delaporte who has struggled to retain top leaders and turn around the software services company’s fortunes since he took charge in July 2020.

- Varun Sood

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Stephanie Trautman, who was recruited from Accenture Plc. as Wipro’s chief growth officer nearly three years ago, was among the most high-profile executives Delaporte had hired.

She resigned on Friday, according to a regulatory filing by Wipro.

A string of senior management departures at India’s fourth-largest software services company–including Jatin Dalal who resigned as chief financial officer in September–is disconcerting for analysts and investors.

Eight of Wipro’s 11-member executive committee members are new hires who joined over the past three years. Trautman, too, was a member of this board, the highest executive decision-making body at the company.