Ajay Ayyappan is EXL’s General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and a member of the Executive Committee. He serves as global head of the legal function with responsibility for all legal matters, and leads a team of more than 25 attorneys and other legal professionals across EXL operations.

Ajay joined EXL in 2007 as an Assistant General Counsel, and immediately prior to his current role he was Deputy General Counsel of the company. He has more than 20 years of experience across corporate governance, M&A, commercial contracting, securities, regulatory compliance and litigation. Ajay started his career in 2002 as a Corporate Associate at the New York offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

Ajay holds a Juris Doctor from the Fordham University School of Law where he served as an editor of the Law Review, and a bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University.