Servion appoints Puneet Pushkarna as Chairman of Board

Servion appoints Puneet Pushkarna 

as Chairman of Board

Arun Seth to join as Independent Director

To give further impetus to build global leadership in

 Customer Experience Management space

Chennai, August 12, 2015: Servion Global Solutions, a specialist in the Customer Interaction Management (CIM) domain, that help companies provide superior customer experience, today announced the elevation of Mr. Puneet Pushkarna from Director to Chairman of the Board. Mr. Pushkarna will succeed Mr. V S Narayanan who will step down from the Board having served as Chairman for 15 years.

The company also announced the appointment of Mr. Arun Seth as Independent Director, bringing the total number of board members to 5. 

In addition to being on the board of Servion, Puneet serves as the General Partner for Solmark, an entrepreneur-targeted equity fund and brings to the table expertise in every aspect of developing a company to its fullest potential and equip the company to compete effectively in the ever-transforming global marketplace. As the Chairman of the Board, Puneet will continue to aid Servion on its steadfast journey towards being a global leader in the Customer Experience segment. The Company, under the leadership of Mr. K. Balakrishnan, MD & CEO, Servion Global Solutions, has been growing at over 35% YoY. 

Puneet co-founded TechSpan that later merged with Headstrong. He was also part of the team that helped build HCL America into what is today, HCL Technologies. He is also the Chairman of TiE Singapore having been a Charter Member of TiE from its early days in Silicon Valley.

Mr. Arun Seth, who is currently an independent Director on the board of Jubilant Foodworks (Dominos), Centum Learning (a Bharti Group company), Usha Breco Ltd, Samtel Avionics (in a JV with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) and Narayana Hrudalaya will take on the additional responsibility to further empower Servion on its growth journey.

A graduate of IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta, Arun has worked in senior commercial positions in HCL, Usha Martin and the UB Group, in his tenure. He retired as the Non-Executive Chairman of British Telecom in 2012. He was also Non-Executive Chairman of Alcatel Lucent. He has served in the Executive Committee team for NASSCOM for the last 10 years and currently drives the Software Products Ecosystem with the Product Council and initiatives to work with the IT Hardware Ecosystem to drive the ‘Make in India’ campaign of the Government of India.

Mr. V S Narayanan, departing Chairman of Servion’s board said, “I am delighted the board has appointed Puneet Pushkarna to succeed me as Chairman. With a distinguished business track record and technology acumen, Puneet brings the right skills to the table to lead Servion towards global leadership in Customer Experience Management.”

Commenting on the change, Mr. Pushkarna said, “It is an honour to be appointed as the Chairman of the board at Servion. We are at an exciting phase of growth and I look forward to working with Balakrishnan and the management team in aggressively growing our presence and achieving the business target we have set. We are also excited to welcome Arun to our board of directors and look forward to better serve our customers and envision growth that exceeds.”

“I am elated to join Servion’s leadership team. The company’s growth and evolution stands testimony to the relentless commitment of the team that nurtures it; I am eager to be a part of this growth story and contribute towards helping Servion progress to the next level.”Mr. Seth added.