Arun Anand
Global Head m & a Corporate Development @Wipro
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WORK HISTORY
Global Head m & a Corporate Development @Wipro
London, GB
As a Vice President and Global Head of M&A in the Corporate Development function at Wipro, Arun manages all aspects of M&A and deal making for Wipro\'s $11b+ tech services business. This includes sourcing/origination, and through execution and closing. Arun also provides strategic direction towards post-merger integration strategy and works closely with the PMI teams on the integration activities. Notable transactions- Acquisition of Capco, a global leader in financial services consulting in 2021 ($1.45b transaction value)- Acquisition of Harman DTS, carve out of global engineering services leader from Harman, part of Samsung in 2025 ($375m transaction value)- Creation of SDVerse, a greenfield JV between Wipro, General Motors and Magna to create a first-of-its-kind software marketplace for software defined vehicles (2024)- Acquisition of AVT, provider of enterprise app services to social technology companies (2024)- Acquisition of Eximius, a leading VLSI design company in California (2021)- Acquisition of Encore Theme, a leading Finastra partner (2020)- Acquisition of 4C, Europe\'s largest independent Salesforce boutique (2020)- Acquisition of Rational, a Seattle based digital marketing services consultancy (2020)- Acquisition of ITI, a global provider of PLM software solutions based in US (2019)- Acquisition of Cooper and Syfte, strategic design agencies (2017 & 2018)- Divestment of Workday and Cornerstone practice to Alight (2019)
EDUCATION
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ACA, Accounting
HKUST Business School
MBA, Finance
London Business School
MBA, Finance
University of Madras
Bachelors of Commerce, Commerce
SKILLS
ABOUT ARUN ANAND
Arun is a Vice President at Wipro, where he is a key architect of Wipro\'s M&A for its $11b+ tech services business globally. Over the last few years, Arun has led Wipro\'s M&A activities through a careful but effective M&A strategy which has contributed to a significant part of Wipro’s growth. Arun works closely with Wipro\'s CXO\'s to craft its M&A strategy and then executes it through a high impact team. Arun is a seasoned deal maker and corporate development professional with experience of ~20 years into mergers and acquisitions, strategy, investment banking, private equity financing and divestmentsArun has worked on complex transactions across technology (IT Services, engineering, digital transformation, SaaS/Platforms, BPO), industrial products, logistics and services sectors across high-impact roles at Wipro, Infosys, PwC and KPMG. He has extensive experience of working on cross-border transactions involving India, North America and Europe Strengths: M&A Strategy, Deal Origination and Execution, Financial Modeling and Valuation, Term Sheets, Transaction Structuring, Due Diligence, Negotiations
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