UiPath, a business orchestration and automation software developer, announced a reorganization of its executive management team alongside a new appointment to its board of directors. The software provider separated the duties of its top financial and operational executives while expanding administrative oversight under its general counsel.
Hitesh Ramani assumed the role of chief financial officer, where he will direct the global accounting and finance organization. He joined the company in 2021 as chief accounting officer and became deputy chief financial officer in 2024. Ramani brings more than 25 years of financial experience, including a two-decade tenure as a partner at the professional services network Deloitte.
With Ramani taking the financial position, Ashim Gupta will focus on his duties as chief operating officer to manage daily operations and strategic priorities. Gupta joined the automation developer in 2018 as chief customer success officer, took the chief financial officer title in 2019 to guide the firm through its 2021 initial public offering, and assumed the chief operating duties in 2024. Before UiPath, he spent almost two decades at the industrial conglomerate General Electric, where he served as chief financial officer for its water division.
In a parallel move, the company named Brad Brubaker as chief legal and administrative officer. The position expands his prior responsibilities as general counsel to include oversight of the human resources division, with Chief People Officer Agi Garaba reporting to him. Brubaker joined the firm in 2019 after spending more than 25 years at the software corporation SAP, where he managed a team of 300 legal professionals across 20 countries.
“As our business has grown, we’ve increasingly focused on execution as a growth driver—for our product roadmap, our business, and ultimately, customer success,” said Daniel Dines, UiPath Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “Our planned leadership changes are a logical next step for our team, reflect the strength and depth of our leadership bench, and position us to operate with even greater speed and accountability. Ashim, Hitesh, and Brad have each played critical roles in building UiPath into the company it is today, and I’m excited for their continued leadership as we execute against the significant opportunity ahead of us in business orchestration and automation.”
The company also appointed Yazdi Bagli to its board of directors. Bagli serves as executive vice president of IT and enterprise business services at the healthcare organization Kaiser Permanente, though he is on a leave of absence for a Harvard University fellowship. Before joining Kaiser Permanente in 2020, Bagli managed shared technology functions at the retail corporation Walmart and spent more than 20 years managing global IT at the consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Shivaji University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Mumbai.
“I’m thrilled to have someone with Yazdi’s deep technology leadership expertise and large-scale operational discipline join our Board. His experience leading enterprise IT and shared services transformation at organizations like Kaiser Permanente, Walmart and P&G gives him a clear-eyed view of what it takes to modernize how large enterprises operate—exactly the perspective we want as we help our customers put AI agents to work at scale," added Dines.
