Saksoft Limited, an AI-first digital engineering and transformation partner, today announced the appointment of Gurmeet Chahal as Chief Executive Officer effective October 12, 2026. Gurmeet is the first non-promoter CEO in Saksoft's 25-year history and takes helm as Saksoft crosses ₹1,000 crore revenue milestone, with Founder Aditya Krishna continuing as Chairman of the Board.
Gurmeet brings over 25 years of global executive leadership building and scaling enterprise technology businesses across North America, Europe, and APAC. Most recently, as founding CEO and Executive Director of Digitide Solutions Limited, he orchestrated its demerger from Quess Corp and its June 2025 public listing on the NSE and BSE as an independent company, while embedding AI-first accelerators and hyperscaler alliances.
Previously, Gurmeet served as Senior Vice President and Global Leader of Digital Transformation Services at Genpact, and incubated and scaled high-growth digital business units at HCLTech and DXC Technology, partnering extensively with global leaders across Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Logistics, Telecom and Hi-Tech. At Saksoft, Gurmeet will drive aggressive growth agenda accelerating organic market expansion alongside strategic, capability-led acquisitions to deepen industry niches and scale client impact across Americas and Europe.
AI-First Engineering priority involves embedding generative and agentic AI across all client solutions and delivery pipelines to shift from linear staffing to high-margin, outcome-driven platforms. Deepening Core Verticals and Customer Relationships focuses on expanding wallet share across marquee enterprise accounts in Banking & Financial Services, Logistics, Utilities, Retail/Commerce, and Hi-Tech.
Global Scale & Programmatic M&A aims at expanding market share across North America and Europe which account for approximately 79% of revenue, backed by targeted acquisitions to secure high-value IP, niche domain depth, and geographic reach. Founder emphasizes scaling trust globally in AI-driven era requires proven growth architect who shares company values built on client trust and people dedication.
About Saksoft Limited
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Chennai, Saksoft Limited (NSE: SAKSOFT, BSE: 590051) is an AI-first digital engineering partner helping global enterprises innovate, modernize, and automate. Saksoft delivers advanced capabilities across Generative & Agentic AI, Cloud & Data Engineering, Legacy Modernization, and Quality Engineering to leaders across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
