Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) announced that Rob Walker will join the company as Managing Director for the UK and Ireland, effective January 1, 2021.

As a member of Cognizant’s global growth markets leadership team, Rob will be based in London and lead all aspects of Cognizant’s operations in UK&I, including strategic planning, commercial development, and client delivery.

Rob has 24 years of experience advising clients, including FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 firms, across a wide range of sectors and industries, such as technology, media and telecommunications, advanced manufacturing and engineering, and consumer products. Before joining Cognizant, he served as UK&I Consulting Markets Lead for Ernst & Young’s consulting practice, a $700 million business, where he was responsible for the firm’s growth and go-to-market strategies.

Throughout a 14-year partner career at EY, he drove growth and turned around performance, working with a broad range of national, regional and global companies, while successfully building and leading highly effective teams. His has been on helping clients improve the efficiency of their business through the use of emerging technologies and digital capabilities.

A chartered accountant, Rob earned a BA in Economics from Newcastle University.

Rob Walker will report to Ursula Morgenstern, Cognizant’s Head of Global Growth Markets.