RAKESH MAKHIJA

Career

Mr. Rakesh Makhija is an Independent Director on the board of Castrol India Limited. 

Mr. Makhija served as an Independent Director of Axis Bank Limited since 2015 and continued as Non-Executive Chairman of Axis Bank Limited from July 2019 until October 2023. Mr. Makhija also served on the Board of A.TREDS Limited.

During his career spanning over four decades, Mr. Makhija has been an active contributor to the Industrial and Technology sectors, both internationally and in India. Mr. Makhija has held several top management positions within the SKF group. He was the President for the Industrial market (Strategic industries) and a member of the SKF Group executive committee, based in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Prior to that, Mr. Makhija was President of SKF Asia with overall responsibility for China and India, based out of Shanghai. He served as the Managing Director of SKF India from 2002 to 2009. He was the recipient of the prestigious ‘CNBC Business leader award for Talent Management’ in 2007. 

Before joining SKF, Mr. Makhija was the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Honeywell Limited. He was subsequently appointed as the Country Manager & Managing Director of Honeywell International, with responsibility for South Asia. Prior to Honeywell, Mr. Makhija worked with Kinetics Technology International BV (now Technip), a process engineering and contracting company in the Netherlands for over eight years.

Mr. Makhija is a Chemical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.