HCL Infosystems Ltd.'s managing director and chief executive officer Harshavardhan Madhav Chitale has resigned, effective close of business hours on December 31, 2014. The company has appointed executive vice-chairman Premkumar Seshadri as MD, effective 1 January 2015. He will serve in both positions from the new year.

Chitale has also resigned as director of HCL Infosystems. Seshadri was named executive vice-chairman of the company in September this year. He has been a non-executive director on the HCL Infosystems board since March 2014.