Rajesh is the founder & CEO of GoodGovern, a Governance start-up committed to bringing lasting change through best governance practices thereby raising the level of transparency, accountability and sustainability of “Business-India”. He is presently Chairman of Axis Trustee Services Ltd and serves on the Board of Max Life Insurance.
Prior to this, he was the Executive Director on the Board of Axis Bank Ltd and was responsible for multiple Governance functions under the Corporate Centre of the Bank. He is serving as a trustee on the board of trustees of Axis Bank foundation since 2015. Previously, he has served on the Boards of Axis Finance Limited and Axis PE.
Prior to joining Axis Bank, Rajesh spent 20 years at Tata Group across group companies, starting with Rallis India Limited where he handled various responsibilities in Manufacturing, Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Institutional Sales, and Exports functions. He went on to head Tata Administrative Services (TAS) for the Tata Group.
Rajesh currently serves on SES Governance, ESG Advisory Board and is also a Member of the CII Climate Change Council.