Accenture named Binny Mathews as its new chief procurement officer and head of the company?s Procurement Plus (P+) capability. Mathews, who worked at homegrown IT giant Infosys for over 15 years, was a senior vice president and group head of Procurement before he joined Accenture on January 3, 2024. His LinkedIn profile shows he is still working for Infosys.

Previously, Mathews worked at the Tata Group, FreeMarkets (now SAP Ariba) and Marico in the procurement divisions. Recently, there has been a slew of movements within firms in the IT sector with Infosys and Wipro losing a large number of employees to rival companies. In 2023 alone, Infosys has lost around ten senior executives to its peer firms. This has also resulted in at least two lawsuits by Wipro against its former employees who joined competitor Cognizant.

Infosys has written a strong communication to Cognizant alleging the global firm of ?unethical poaching tactics?.