Mr. Rajnikant Patel has more than 35 years of experience in Financial Services sector encompassing Commercial Banking, Central Banking, Capital Markets, Commodity Markets and Corporate Strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was Managing Director & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) & Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX). As MD & CEO of BSE, he has corporatized and demutualized BSE under Government of India guidelines leading to valuation of around Billion $. \u00a0During his tenure BSE became 2nd exchange in the word to achieve ISO certification. BSE won Gold Medals for best Annual Reports in Financial Sector consequently for 2 years from Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICAI). He has worked with ICAI to introduce XBRL reporting standards in Indian Financial sector. He has been directors on many companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has previously worked with Reserve Bank of India, State Bank & BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is Fellow of Institute of Directors (IOD) and a faculty for Masterclass for Independent Directors. He is also a Director of Advisory Board for Mentor My Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has in depth understanding of the complex inter-connects amongst the various components of the finance sector. He has lead organisations thru challenging business & regulatory situations to emerge strong with focus on sustainability, growth & regulatory compliance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He continues to guide to visualise, plan, execute, monitor & improve projects with operational efficiency, innovation & thought leadership. His exposure to Technology & Legal aspects acts as value enhancers to his management expertise with special emphasis on Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics at the Board level, Regulatory Oversight, capacity building and investor protection. He advises and mentors start-ups on strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A professional in finance, he is post graduate qualifications in Commerce, Law & Banking. He is certified Internal Auditor, ISO and Certified Financial Consultant. He has certification in Design Thinking from MIT Boston, Economic Development form University of Oxford, CSR from University of Pennsylvania and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has been recipient of various awards like Indira Super Achievers Award, HR Excellence Award, Employer Branding Award, IT People Award for Innovation, India\u2019s Greatest HR Professional, SuperBrand Guardian etc. \u00a0He has been member of various committees of SEBI, FMC, WDRA, CII, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, PHD, IMC, BMA etc. He was Chairman of South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) and Member of Working Committee of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), Paris. He has been closely associated with Institute of Company Secretaries if India (ICSI) for Corporate Governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has been key note speaker at national & international forums like Indian Economic Summit, World Economic Forum, SIBOS, IOSCO, World Federation of Exchanges. He has represented India at various international conferences as speaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He regularly appears with business TV channels like CNBC, ZEE Business, Bloomberg, NDTV and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2826,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"team_designation":[],"team_department":[8],"class_list":["post-2825","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-speakers-2026"],"yoast_head":"\n