MSat Jobs To Touch 5,000 In Australia

13 Mar 2013

IT firm Mahindra Satyam (MSat) may increase its headcount in Australia to 5,000 in two years from the present 1,600, a senior official said.

According to Bobby Gupta, who took charge of Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) operations, the region, which currently contributes nearly 8% to Mahindra Satyam's global revenues, is expected to grow up to 10%.

Mahindra Satyam recently appointed Bobby Gupta, who headed Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations, as head of ANZ operations while G B Kumar, who was with Cisco Systems earlier, would take over operations of MENA region.

"We have a very strong foundation in Australia. We are right now 1,600 people there. We want to make it 5,000 in two years time," Gupta said after taking over reins of the ANZ operations. "We have started local hiring from top Australian universities of freshers and experienced people from the local market. This will be supplemented by hiring at various ODC (offshore development centres) spread out in India, Malaysia and Philippines," he added.

Replying to a query, on the percentage of local employees, Gupta said the ratio will continue to be 40% in Australia and 60% at various global locations supporting Australian clients.

He said currently MSat has over 35 clients in Australia out of which 6 to 7 are key clients in terms of revenue.

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