Aricent Appoints Frank Kern as Chief Executive Officer

Aricent Group, the technology consultant controlled by buyout firms including KKR & Co., named Frank Kern as chief executive officer to replace Sudip Nandy.

Kern, who retired as head of consulting and systems integration at International Business Machines Corp. this year, will take on the role at Aricent immediately, KKR said in an e-mailed statement today. Nandy will assume a newly created position as chairman of India, KKR said.