Rakesh Khanna is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Atos Syntel and a member of the Atos Executive Committee. He served as Syntel's Chief Executive Officer and President until October 2018, after being appointed interim CEO in November 2016. Prior to that, he served as the company's Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2016, where he was responsible for the operation of Syntel's Business Units, Horizontal Practices, Centers of Excellence and Human Resources. He previously served as a President of Syntel's Banking and Financial ServicesBusiness Unit from 2005 until 2012. He was also part of the Syntel executive advisory team that shaped Syntel's BPO business. Prior to Syntel, Khanna was part of the leadership team at I-flex Solutions. He has also worked with Tata Burroughs Limited where he managed projects in the US, UK, Belgium, Malaysia and India for several banks and financial groups.
Khanna has over 30 years of experience in the technology services industry and has held a variety of leadership roles in North America, Europe and Asia. Before being appointed interim CEO in 2016, he was the COO of Syntel and has also was President of the company's Banking and Financial Services Business Unit, where he successfully led the vertical from 2005 until 2012, building the foundation for future growth by infusing business domain knowledge into IT expertise. Prior to joining Syntel in 2005, he worked with Oracle Financial Services Software Limited, where he was a member of the leadership team and spent 10 years in various roles. He was on the Supervisory Board of Login Systems SA, France, in which I-flex acquired a strategic stake in 2003. He also set up operations in Japan and Europe, leading and managing various elements of the operations in those countries. Other roles included leading sales in the Middle East and Europe, head of product marketing for its banking product, and Global Relationship Director for a roll out of their product at GE Consumer Finance in 43 countries. Khanna worked with Citicorp CITIL managing sales and marketing of software products for 10 years. He has also worked with Tata Burroughs Limited for over a decade. He started as a mainframe programmer with the company and rose through the levels to become Group Manager. During his tenure, he managed projects for several banks and financial groups, including BACOB Savings Bank, Nat West, Skipton, YorkshireBuilding Societies, GWB, and Tata Share Registry.
Personal life
His father was an Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer. As a child, Khanna represented his school in badminton and learnt to play Spanish guitar. In college, he was elected Class Representative by his colleagues. Khanna is married to Anuradha Khanna. They have two sons, Rahul and Om.
Awards
Rakesh Khanna has been consistently rated as one of the top global COOs by AdvisoryCloud
