In accordance with the retirement policy of the Company's Board of Directors (Board), Claude Smadja, Independent Director, will retire from the Infosys Technologies Board effective August 30, 2010. Claude Smadja joined the Infosys Board in October 2001.
Thanking Claude Smadja for his services and contributions to the company, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board & Chief Mentor, said, "We will miss his wonderful contributions. His vast knowledge of macroeconomics, corporate governance, his simple demeanor and courtesy had made Claude Smadja a heavy weight in board discussions and a favourite among the board members. We wish him the best in all his future endeavours."
Claude Smadja is the President of Smadja & Associates, a strategic advisory firm he founded in 2001. He was the Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, with overall responsibility for the Davos annual meeting and the forum's activities in Asia. Prior to that, Claude Smadja served as the Director of the News and Current Affairs Department of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Smadja received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Lausanne.
