Rajesh has great understanding of the business and finance sides of TCS. I am

very confident that he will lead TCS to great heights."

NEW DELHI: Country's largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today announced Rajesh Gopinathan as the new CEO and NG Subramaniam as president and COO of the company. Gopinathan is currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and vice-president of TCS and will succeed the current CEO Natarajan Chandrasekaran as Chandrasekaran takes charge of Tata Sons."Mr Gopinathan takes over from Mr N Chandrasekaran who has been appointed as the Chairman of Tata Sons, effective February 21, 2017," TCS said in a statement.Subramaniam, who is currently President (TCS Financial Solutions) has also been appointed as a director on the board of TCS, it added.Gopinathan joined TCS in 2001 and was appointed as CFO of the company in February 2013. Prior to this, Rajesh was the Vice President - Business Finance. He was responsible for the financial management of the company's individual operating units. He has also worked with Tata Industries.Commenting on his elevation Rajesh Gopinathan said: "It is definitely big shoes to fill. With continuous guidance from Chandrasekaran and the support of the TCS team, I am confident of continuing this great journey that TCS is on.""Vision, roadmap for TCS will remain the same as aimed earlier. Do not expect any major changes in TCS," Gopinathan said.Congratulating Gopinathan on his appointment as head of TCS, current CEO, Natarajan Chandrasekaran said: "TCS' core strength is its strong leadership talent that is collaborative and aspirational. I have been privileged to lead this company of great professionals over the last seven years. I am absolutely delighted that the board has chosen both Rajesh and Subramaniam to lead this company into the future."Chandrasekaran said."Gopinathan will take charge of TCS when i will step down as MD & CEO of the company on February 21," Chandrasekaran added.Gopinathan has played a key role in helping TCS becoming a $16.5 billion global company with over 371,000 employees.Born in 1971, Gopinathan, is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and has handled various finance functions over the last several years.He also holds an engineering degree in electrical and electronics from REC Trichy (now NIT, Trichy). Rajesh graduated in 1994, before pursuing his Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad.(Inputs from PTI)