Mr. Rakshit Desai, [B.Com. (Sydenham College, Mumbai University), MBA in International Business (Graduate School of Management, Griffith University, Australia) and M.Sc. (Econ.) PWE (The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), London, UK)] was born on February 20, 1976 and has been recently appointed as Executive Director – Travel Services on the Board of Thomas Cook (India) Limited with effect from 25th November 2008

Rakshit started his career with a brief stint at Contract Advertising, Mumbai in 1998. He then joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, London in 2000 where he specialised in strategic and transformational issues for major multinational corporations. In 2003, as a consequence of his impact and relationships at one particular client, he joined the Thomas Cook Group.

At Thomas Cook, he has had the privilege of engaging across a broad range of strategic, commercial and operational areas internationally. The successful restructuring and turnaround of the Canadian retail business led to a series of Director-level roles responsible for: the outsourcing and offshoring of the UK back office; leadership of thomascook.com; M&A in Financial Services; and lately membership of the UK Executive Board overseeing strategic planning, post-merger integration and general business transformation.

He has worked and travelled extensively across Europe, the Middle East and North America and currently lives with his family in Mumbai.