Rajiv Kaul is the Executive Vice Chairman, Whole Time Director and CEO of CMS Info Systems Limited (“CMS”), India’s leading business services platform providing logistics and technology solutions to banks, financial institutions, organized retail, and e-commerce sectors. CMS has built market leadership across its business lines in Cash Logistics, Managed Services, and Technology Solutions.
With a mission to make CMS India’s best business services platform by leveraging its network, technology, and solutions mindset to solve complex problems, Rajiv has led CMS’ transformation and delivered 9X growth in 15 years with valuation compounded at 25%+ XIRR. Today, CMS is one of the few unique companies in India with a 100% public shareholder base.
Prior to CMS, Rajiv was associated with Actis Capital LLP, London as a Private Equity Partner and with Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Limited in the capacity of General Manager and Managing Director, India from where he moved to Redmond, USA as Senior Director of Emerging Markets including BRIC. He had a meteoric rise to become CEO of Microsoft India at the age of 33 and has pioneered the early efforts for software consumption on subscription and prepaid models. During his tenure, Microsoft India business was the fastest growing globally and was the largest in emerging markets.
Rajiv has been keenly involved in industry bodies with a long-term focus on building sustainable, well governed ecosystems. He has served as an elected member to CII National Committee and NASSCOM Executive Council and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. He has also served on RBI committee for currency movement.
Rajiv’s passion for education led him to launch ‘Project Shiksha’ during his tenure at Microsoft and he continues his passion for improving education as a Trustee at ‘The Art1st Foundation’, driving fresh pedagogy in Arts education at leading Indian private as well as government run schools. As the Director for CMS Foundation, he is focused on driving meaningful social impact amongst underserved communities across various states in India. He also actively mentors leading start-up founders and invests in deep-tech B2B early-stage companies.
Rajiv holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering specializing in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Business Management with a Gold Medal from XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.