CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

1. Indian Institute of Management , Bangalore – PGDM- 2 year MBA .

2. Chartered Accountant – Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

3. Company Secretary – Institute of Company Secretaries of India

4. Bachelor of Commerce (Hons)- University of Calcutta

EXPERIENCE:

1. Levi Strauss and Co : India/USA/Singapore – finance/compliance, retail, HR, IT, commercial – 15 years

2. Cisco Systems : India Globalization Center –- operational excellence in services- 2 years

3. Textiles, Apparel and Lifestyle: Mfg, Distribution, Retail- Indonesia – finance, operations- 7 years

4. CPS Color India (Nordic Capital owned) and Alsbridge Advisory Services : CEO/COO- 4 years

5. Business Operations and Finance Consulting – India and Indonesia : Solar Energy, Microbrewery

operations , Tinplate Manufacturing, Automobile distribution, Apparel supply chain & retail/distribution,

Railway Design and Engineering services, IT services, Training and Development- 7 years

PROFILE:

Mr Rajashekar is an experienced professional with well close to 4 decades of very diverse

experience (India, Indonesia, Singapore, USA) in senior positions with financial , operational , HR

and General Management responsibilities across industries

He has worked in senior roles at Business Unit , Asia Pacific and Global levels at Levi Strauss and

Cisco (16 years) , in growing companies in Indonesia working closely with owners (12 years) and

most recently in India in the start ups and SME’s (9 years) some of them Venture Capital backed.

Experience across Manufacturing, Retail, FMCG and Services and in start ups, growth phases,

turnarounds and transformations.