IT services firm NIIT Technologies said on Monday that it has appointed former Infosys senior vice president Sudhir Chaturvedi as its chief operating officer (COO), PTI reported.

“Sudhir joins NIIT Technologies from Infosys where he last served as Senior Vice President and Head of Financial Services Americas Business Unit,” Noida-based NIIT Technologies said in a release. Chaturvedi will be responsible for global sales and delivery for the technology and business services of the firm, it added.

“The company is preparing for its next phase of growth with an eye to scale business to a billion US dollars annually,” said Arvind Thakur, chief executive of NIIT Technologies.

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