Board of Trustees

Rajesh is the founder & CEO of GoodGovern, a Governance startup committed to bringing lasting change through best governance practices thereby raising the level of transparency, accountability and sustainability of "Business-India". He is a General Management professional with over three decades of experience across industries and business functions.

Rajesh serves on SES Governance, ESG Advisory Board and is also a Member of the CII Climate Change Council.

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. Rajesh is presently Chairman of Axis Trustee Services Ltd and serves on the Board of Max Life Insurance. 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.  He also worked with Tata Global Beverages responsible for integrating various global businesses and products of the company under a common supply chain.

Rajesh is married to Hema, a successful homemaker and together they are proud parents to Mallika, Arooshi and Anshul. He devotes his free time to road travels, poetry and collecting music on Vinyl.