Bengaluru: Chief executive and managing director exits across India Inc rose in 2025.Corner-office departures across 2,800 NSE-listed companies rose to 149 (5.32% churn rate), according to data compiled for ET by primeinfobase.com. Nifty-200 companies saw 31 CEO/MD exits, translating to a 15.5% churn, compared with a 10.5% churn in the previous year. At the same time, there is greater pressure to deliver across metrics.”The consumer discretionary sector topped the list for CEO turnover with 33 leaving their posts in 2025. There is quite a lot of demand for CEOs for roles with private equity firms, said Naina Lal Kidwai, chairperson of Rothschild & Co India. In fact at some of these PE firms, they can work with two or three portfolio companies.

Source: Economic Times January 17, 2026 18:15 UTC