Mr. Porter was head of worldwide product distribution at DreamWorks Animation SKG since 2007.
John Havens, 44, will become head of worldwide institutional equities, replacing Mr. Pandit.
"Infosys continues to benefit from the positive demand environment for offshore services," said S.D. Shibulal, head of worldwide customer delivery.
Chris Zook is a director and the head of worldwide strategy practice at Bain & Company in Boston.
"All we need to do is get one person sucked into the first one or two episodes," said Kelley Avery, head of worldwide home entertainment at Dreamworks.
In April, Mr. Kumar and the company's former head of worldwide sales, Stephen Richards, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and securities fraud charges.
BMG's parent, Bertelsmann A.G. of Germany, confirmed today that BMG's head of worldwide marketing, Kevin Conroy, and its chief financial officer, Tom McIntyre, were leaving the company.
I remember listening to his elegant pitch in the late '70s or early '80s, when I was head of worldwide production at United Artists.
He has held similar one-on-one meetings with the leaders of G.M.'s global functions, like Gary Cowger in manufacturing and Bo Andersson, head of worldwide purchasing.
Mr. Wright previously worked as head of worldwide communications at Nabisco Group Holdings and its predecessor RJR Nabisco Holdings, until 2000.
The two men -- Sanjay Kumar, the former chairman and chief executive, and Stephen Richards, the former head of worldwide sales -- entered their pleas during a brief arraignment hearing.
