IT Governors Community of the World Economic Forum gets new Chairman in C Vijayakumar, CEO, HCL Technologies. The announcement was made at the Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The World Economic Forum is a leading international organization that engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of the world to shape global, regional and industry agendas. The heads and members of more than 100 governments, top executives of the 1,000 foremost global companies, leaders of international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations as well as the most prominent cultural, societal and thought leaders attend the annual meeting of the Forum.

The Forum’s IT Governors Community is a platform for CEOs of the world’s top Information Technology companies to meet and discuss on ways to responsibly shape the future of their industry. The discussion takes place on matters related to setting industry priorities, building shared responsibilities, and coordinating actions that lead to results.

Under Vijayakumar’s leadership, the community will

We’re very pleased to have Mr. Vijayakumar chairing our efforts this year in the IT Governors, which will focus on responsible technology leadership

focus on dialogue and action around the most pressing issues impacting the industry’s future progress like Talent re-skilling, Data governance, security and privacy, Responsible proliferation of Artificial Intelligence, amongst others.

“We’re very pleased to have Mr. Vijayakumar chairing our efforts this year in the IT Governors, which will focus on responsible technology leadership. We are looking forward to next steps and tackling urgent challenges together,” says Eric White, Head of IT Industry, The World Economic Forum.

“In today’s world where technology is at the heart of virtually every individual, social, policy and corporate action and by that means at the very center of human progress, it is critical that the IT Industry remains a beacon of responsible leadership”, said Vijayakumar. “With that vision as our north-star, I look forward to working closely with my colleagues in the IT Governors community this year on addressing prioritised issues of immediate and impending relevance as well as launch some new initiatives for cross-industry collaboration around data privacy, skilling and responsible use of new disruptive technologies”, he adds.