Rakesh is a seasoned professional with an entrepreneurial experience in Business Consulting and IT/ITeS industry. He has been part of 100+ advisory/ transformational assignments and setting-up/ growing over 15+ SSCs within India and overseas. He got exposure to service domestic and international clients during his stints at Espire, CBoP and American Express, and has worked across the geographies providing transformational leadership - India, Asia Pacific, Japan, North America, Middle East, UK and Europe. Rakesh spots Industry Trends and has led customized Business Transformation initiatives such as Sourcing Model Strategy, Benchmarking, Location Strategy, Offshoring, RFP & Deal Management, Business Process Redesigning, Vision planning for Globalizing Shared Services, identifying process consolidation opportunities for over 4000+ FTEs, preparing Business Case, leading process migration/people transition cutting across F&A, HR, SCM, CLM, and IT functions both in Manufacturing & Services domains.
Rakesh co-Founded Shared Services Forum (SSF) in 2011 and has authored several pioneering research reports and books. He is well-recognized in the industry and was recently honored India’s Greatest Leaders 2017-18 - Pride of the Nation’, by AsiaOne Magazine & URS Media - Process Reviewers PricewaterhouseCoopers PL”
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