Partha Mukherjee named as CIO of Church's Chicken

By SiliconIndia | Thursday, January 5, 2012

Partha Mukherjee has been named the new Chief Information Officer of Atlanta-based Church's Chicken. Mukherjee brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the IT/ITeS industry. He had been the engagement director at Tech Mahindra, which acquired the scam-hit Satyam Computers.

In Church's Chicken, Mukherjee will lead information technology activities and manage all telecommunications, as well as supervise the web-based financial system at the quick-serve chicken chain. "With his extensive professional history in outsourcing, I know he will greatly enhance the executive team at Church's as an expert in information technology," said Church's Chicken CEO Harsha V. Agadi.

Established in 1952, the fast food chain Church's Chicken has restaurants in more than 1,600 locations in 22 countries, with system sales approaching $1.2 billion.