Rajesh Kannan

Rajesh Kannan

Chief Executive Officer at Tata Motors Digital.Ai labs | Chief Digital & Information officer at Tata Motors. Earlier, Business Unit head | Service Design | Digital Transformation at Tata Consultancy Services.

Tata Motors

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Experience31+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

28 years of Digital, Technology & IT Experience for Customer engagements in Retail, Consumer Product goods, Media/Advertising, Insurance, and Financial services domains globally. A good track record of nurturing strong CXO relationships delivering Digital & IT Transformations. As Industry Solution Unit (ISU) Head, I lead Service Design & Transformation opportunities for BFSI Business Group of customers. Prior to this, Business Unit Head & Executive - driving P&L for Market Research & Insights segment of Retail, Media & Consumer product goods companies - responsible for business growth, strengthening customer relationships & enabling them in their Business transformation journeys. Excellent Hands-on experience in Digital Transformation of Global organizations - setting up and nurturing Customer teams, Sales & Marketing functions, Consulting and Solutions, Top performing Agile Delivery teams. In earlier roles – As a Client Relationship director, led a set of US Retail/CPG Customers, accountable for Strategy, Thought leadership and scaling these Global Accounts for TCS. In my formative years, played roles in Consulting, Retail Practice, Delivery across multiple TCS Retail customers – in establishing full service delivery teams and delivering on Digital Transformation initiatives. Certifications: SAFE4 Agile practitioner. CGEIT (Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT) from ISACA.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Jul 2025–Present· 1 yr 2 mos
    • Managing Director, Chief Executive OfficerCurrent
      Jul 2025–Present
    • Chief Executive Officer
      Jul 2025–Mar 2026
  • Jul 2025–Present· 1 yr 2 mos
    • Managing Director, Chief Executive OfficerCurrent
      Jul 2025–Present
  • Aug 2023–Nov 2025· 2 yrs 3 mos
    • President. Chief Digital & information Officer.
      Aug 2023–Nov 2025
  • Jun 2003–Jul 2023· 20 yrs 1 mo
    • VP & ISU Head - Service Design and Transformation
      Apr 2022–Jul 2023
    • Vice President. Business Unit Head
      Apr 2018–Mar 2022
    • Global Delivery Head - Tech, BPS, Analytics
      Jun 2017–Mar 2018
    • Delivery Head - Technology
      May 2011–Jun 2017
    • Client Relationship Director - Retail & CPG
      Oct 2009–Nov 2011
    • Account Head - IT, IS, Business Services
      Dec 2008–2010
    • Client Partner - Large Retailer and Delivery Head - Retail Sub-Cluster
      Sep 2007–Mar 2009
    • Business Relationship Mgr - Supply chain
      Feb 2005–Aug 2007
    • Program Manager - Mainframe Elimination
      Jun 2003–Feb 2005
  • May 1995–2003· 7 yrs 8 mos
    • Retail Solution Consultant
      2002–2003
    • Program Manager, Information Technology
      Sep 2000–Jun 2002
    • Technology Specialist
      May 1995–Aug 2000

Education

Masters

CAD/Chemical Engg

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

B Tech

Chemical

Anna University Chennai

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Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Service DeliveryOffshoringProduct ManagementIT Service ManagementDigital StrategyProject GovernanceSDLCSalesConsultingBusiness TransformationStrategyOutsourcingGlobal DeliveryIT OutsourcingIT Strategy