LTIMindtree's COO Nachiket Deshpande has emerged as the frontrunner for the CEO post, Moneycontrol reported. He would then succeed Debashis Chatterjee, the first CEO of the combined LTIMindtree after the merger in November 2022, the report added. Sudhir Chaturvedi, President & Executive Board Member at LTI, is also reportedly in the race to become CEO.