LTI Mindtree's COO Nachiket Deshpande and president of sales Sudhir Chaturvedi are in the race for the top job as Debashis Chatterjee 's tenure as CEO will end next year. As per a TOI report, Deshpande is planning to relocate to the US. In 2018, before the acquisition, LTI named Deshpande as its COO. He is also overseeing the implementation of MCA21. Deshpande previously served as Cognizant's SVP and global delivery head for banking and financial services, reporting to Chatterjee, who was then EVP and president of global delivery at the Nasdaq-listed company. Meanwhile, Chaturvedi has been a key strategist of the company's transformation across brand development, market development, and business development activities, as per the report. An LTI Mindtree spokesperson told TOI, "Succession planning is an integral part of every organisation's growth strategy.