Infosys today announced the appointment of David D. Kennedy as executive vice president and general counsel for the company with effect from Nov. 1, 2014. David D. Kennedy will also be the executive officer of the company for the purposes of SEC Reporting. He will be based out of Palo Alto, California.

Commenting on Kennedy's appointment, Vishal Sikka, chief executive officer and managing director, Infosys said, ''We are really excited to have David join us at Infosys as our General Counsel. Having served in leading legal roles at prominent technology companies over a 25 year career, David brings diverse and rich experience to lead this key dimension in the evolution of Infosys as we reshape into a next-generation services company. We wish him great success and look forward to working together.''

Shares of the company declined Rs 14.2, or 0.35%, to trade at Rs 4,070.30. The total volume of shares traded was 31,304 at the BSE (1.22 p.m., Wednesday).