About Rohit Rao
Rohit Rao is among India's leading Communications and Outreach professionals, with nearly three decades of experience spanning Banking, Business Journalism, PR, Corporate Communications, CSR, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) practice, and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and triple bottom-line reporting.
In his current role, Rohit ensures that the group's communications response is in high alignment to its corporate promise of a responsive, rewarding and customer-friendly brand at all times. He is credited with consolidating and integrating the group's communications, CSR functions and ESG practice into a cohesive and agile unit, helping the group significantly leverage the many winning synergies that exist between them.
Before joining Kotak, Rohit spearheaded the Corporate Communications, Sustainability Development & Reporting and CSR functions at Reliance Industries Limited, a Fortune 500 company, for over six years. He began his career in 1983 with Bank of India, India's leading state-owned bank, and went on to serve the company for over a decade. This was followed by a seven-year stint as a senior business journalist, first with Business Standard, one of India's leading business dailies and later with Business India, India's pioneering business magazine, where he served as Assistant Editor & Head of Banking & Finance. In 2001, he switched to Strategic Communications Advisory, joining Adfactors PR, India's leading integrated communications company, as Head of Financial Services Practice for over three years.
Rohit is a commerce graduate (BU). He has also completed his Diploma in Business Management (IMC) and the Management Development Programme from XLRI.
Rohit Rao
Executive Vice President
Head - Group Corporate Communications, Business Responsibility & CSR