Tejal Patil joins Wipro as General Counsel

Tejal Patil joins Wipro as General Counsel

Tejal Patil, who has nearly three decades of experience in legal, governance, and compliance across Asia Pacific has joined Wipro as its General Counsel.

In her role as General Counsel for Wipro, Tejal will head the Legal & Compliance, Global Data Privacy and Government Affairs functions. She would also be part of the Wipro Executive Council.

Before joining Wipro, she was working as the Senior Legal Advisor for OYO Hotels and Homes since September 2020. She has given strategic and risk advice to CEOs, senior management and the Board of Directors, assisting in ever-increasing growth, keeping company's safety in mind as well.

Tejal joined OYO after a 19-year successful job in the global conglomerate, GE (General Electric Company) where her role was as a General Counsel of GE South Asia. As the Senior Legal Advisor for OYO Hotels and Homes, Tejal was also a primary member of the OYO Global leadership team. She was responsible for the legal function of OYOs in the region which included managing regulatory, contractual and legal compliance for the company and also helped the company in driving OYO's strategic decisions, disputes resolution and helping the senior management with actionable counsel on strategic business decisions and operational execution.

Her prior experience includes Asia Pacific roles with GE's healthcare, consumer, industrial, and aviation businesses, as General Counsel based in Singapore and Tokyo.

A qualified solicitor at both the Bombay Incorporated Law Society and the Law Society of England and Wales and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Tejal is a member of the FICCI Corporate Laws Committee and also the founder member of the prestigious General Counsel Association of India.

Prior to this engagement, she worked at General Electric for 18 years, where she played key roles as the General Counsel for various businesses such as GE Consumer and Industrial, GE Aviation, and GE Healthcare.