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Rakesh Grover

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Head-Finance and SCM at Bharti Airtel Foundation
📍 Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Rakesh Grover is the Head of Finance & SCM at Bharti Airtel Foundation, bringing over 20 years of experience in financial management across diverse sectors. A graduate of Delhi University and a qualified Chartered Accountant, he is focused on optimizing resource management to achieve philanthropic goals. Colleagues describe him as sincere, hardworking, and analytical.

His career reflects a commitment to leveraging financial expertise for social impact, moving from corporate and retail sectors to leadership in social enterprises and now a major philanthropic foundation. He shows a professional interest in mentorship and development.

Uniquely, his career spans from managing finances for a coffee company and a human capital solutions firm to directing finance at a multinational social enterprise before his current role.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Head-Finance and SCM
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Personality Overview

How Rakesh shows up

Quality Focused
Hard To Convince
Thorough Evaluator

They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Priorities

Topics Rakesh cares about

Philanthropic Finance
As Head of Finance, he is responsible for the financial discipline and resource management that supports the philanthropic goals of the Bharti Airtel Foundation.
Supply Chain Management
His current role explicitly includes leadership over Supply Chain Management (SCM), a key operational area for the foundation's programs.
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Career

Work history

10-2019
Head-Finance and SCM
Bharti Airtel Foundation
11-2012 - 9-2019
Finance Director
Cotton Connect South Asia Pvt Ltd
9-2006 - 10-2012
Manager-Financial Planning & Reporting
Kelly Services India Pvt. Ltd.
2-2006 - 8-2006
Associate Manager - Finance
Barista Coffee Company
Financial Analyst
Onicra Credit Rating Agency of India Limited
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Education
1997 - 2002
Chartered Accountant
ICAI
1996 - 1999
B. Com. (Hons)
Delhi University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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