Nitin Rakesh
Mphasis Limited
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
A distinguished leader in the IT services industry, Nitin Rakesh joined Mphasis as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director in January 2017.
Prior to joining Mphasis, Nitin was the CEO and President of Syntel (a NASDAQ listed IT services company). He has a proven track record of delivering profitable growth at industry-leading operating margins. Before he was appointed as the CEO of Mphasis, he served as President, Americas for Syntel, where he headed business development and North American operations.
Nitin has deep domain expertise in banking, financial services, and insurance verticals. He has strong customer-orientation, large deal experience, and a track record of delivering transformative digital solutions. He also has an entrepreneurial mindset, focusing on launching innovative new service offerings in automation and beyond.
Nitin served at Syntel in various capacities (most recently as the CEO) between 2012 and 2016 and also before that from 2002 to 2008.
From 2008 to 2012, he served as the CEO and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. At the Crisil - S&P Mutual Fund Awards in 2010, the company won the ‘Most Innovative Mutual Fund, India’ and at the 2011 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Awards in New York, the company was named ‘Most Innovative ETF, Asia Pacific.’
He has also worked with The Chatterjee Group (TCG Group), a transnational private equity and investments firm as the Head of Banking and Financial Services and Sales for TCG Software Services, between 1999 to 2002.
Earlier in his career, Nitin worked for Unit Trust of India, setting up offshore mutual funds and secondary market research cell, product development, and risk management divisions.
American Business Awards 2018 recognized Nitin as ‘Executive of the Year - Computer Services,’ felicitating him with Gold Stevie under the management award category.
Nitin holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology, University of Delhi; and received his master’s degree in management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s CEO Workshop.
