Rakesh has more than twenty seven years of experience. He began his career as a commercial banker with the country's largest bank, the State Bank of India, where he was involved in commercial lending, capital markets and Corporate Finance. He then joined HSBC, in its Investment Banking Division and headed their operations in Southern India. Subsequently he had a stint at Lazard, a leading worldwide financial advisory and asset management firm. Rakesh has had experience in working in both Asian and European markets.

At Moser Baer, he has handled various roles including treasury, strategy, business development, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations and corporate communications. He was instrumental in creating the company's large investor base through multiple equity placements to foreign institutional investors and was also responsible for setting up a Joint Venture with Imation Corp, USA. Rakesh spearheaded Moser Baer's foray into Photo Voltaics and negotiated the investments made in three technology companies in the United States in this space.

Rakesh is a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.