Mr. Rajwade, born on 29th September 1936, is an independent forex and treasury management consultant for more than two decades now. He has done his B.Sc. (Hons.) with Major in Statistics and also holds the membership of C.A.I.I.B.

He was working the State Bank of India from July 1957 to October 1976 (including 3˝ years in London) where he specialised in industrial finance and international banking.

He has been involved in preparing treasury management policies for corporate clients in the public and private sectors. He has also done advisory work on treasury-related issues for banks and financial institutions. As a visiting professor, he has taught a paper “International Banking and Finance”, for 4 years at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, one of the most prestigious management institutes in the world.

The Reserve Bank of India also appointed him as a Member of the Expert Group on Development of the Foreign Exchange Markets in India (1995) and of the Committee on Capital Account Convertibility (1997).

Mr. Rajwade currently holds the position of a director in several public and private limited companies as well as Member/ Chairman of various Committees of these companies. He is also a former member of the supervisory board of India Opportunities Fund, Bermuda and Mauritius, and Director of CRISIL, India's first credit-rating company. He has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Directors of Thomas Cook (India) Limited w.e.f. 21st January 2006.