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Cyient Elevates Andrew Smith as COO to Drive Global Delivery Excellence & Accelerate Growth
Cyient Limited, a global lifecycle engineering company, announced the elevation of Andrew Smith as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reinforcing the company's commitment to operational excellence, scalable growth, and superior customer outcomes. The appointment also reflects Cyient's belief that embracing intelligence remains central to the future growth strategy, with credible engineering leadership experience in key industries in a pivotal role.
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HYDERABAD, India, July 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyient Limited, a global lifecycle engineering company, announced the elevation of Andrew Smith as Chief Operating Officer (COO), reinforcing the company's commitment to operational excellence, scalable growth, and superior customer outcomes. The appointment also reflects Cyient's belief that embracing intelligence remains central to the future growth strategy, with credible engineering leadership experience in key industries in a pivotal role. In his new role, Andrew will be responsible for scaling next-generation delivery models, developing future-ready talent, and enriching customer experience through effective operating models. He will focus on improving execution agility, driving operational scalability, and achieving excellence in customer-centric delivery. Andrew brings more than two decades of experience spanning engineering, operations, and business leadership across some of the world's most respected aerospace, transportation, and industrial organizations. Before joining Cyient, he spent over a decade at the forefront of engineering, serving in leadership roles at Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Bombardier Transportation, building deep domain expertise across the industries he now leads. Over the past nine years at Cyient, he has held several leadership positions across the Transportation and Semiconductor businesses, successfully driving strategy, growth, and operational performance. He will also continue to lead as Business Head – Transportation, overseeing the global business serving customers operating in highly regulated and safety-critical environments. Commenting on the appointment, Sukamal Banerjee, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Cyient, said, "Andrew has demonstrated the ability to lead complex businesses with clarity, discipline, and a strong customer focus needed to drive Cyient's next phase of transformation. His deep understanding of our business, combined with his track record of delivering results in complex engineering environments, makes him ideally suited for this role. I am confident that under his leadership, we will further strengthen our operational excellence, execution agility, and customer experience. I look forward to partnering with him to advance Cyient into its next orbit of innovation, scale, and market leadership." "I also want to extend my sincere gratitude...