Rajiv Memani

Rajiv Memani is the Regional Managing Partner of EY Africa India region. In India, EY has over 1,20,000 employees across entities. He is also a member of EY Global Executive board as the Chair of its Growth Markets Council (GMC).  

Rajiv is a trusted advisor to large Indian companies, Private Equity funds and multinational organizations, principally advising them on building confidence, mergers & acquisitions, technology, and smart capital allocation strategies. In his GMC role, his responsibilities include advancing EY’s growth markets agenda and connecting their priorities with the global firm’s investments. 

Prior to becoming the Chairman, Rajiv established EY India’s market-leading Corporate Finance (now Strategy & Transactions) practice in the late 1990s. 

Rajiv served as the President (2025–26) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s largest and premier industry body. Over the past decade, Rajiv has actively contributed to public discourse on tax and policy reforms and has also been a member of several high-powered Government of India committees, including the Ministry of Finance task force that drafted the new Direct Tax Code in 2019. 

Rajiv is the President of the Board of Him Jyoti School, an institution dedicated to providing quality education to underprivileged girls in Uttarakhand. He is also a Board member of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmaur and a member of the governing council of KREA University. Rajiv has also been the driving force behind EY Foundation, which is active in the areas of education, entrepreneurship for rural women and environment.  

Rajiv is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

How Rajiv is shaping the future with confidence

"At EY, we are filled with gratitude and a profound sense of purpose in our work through the EY Foundation. Our efforts are driving meaningful change and transforming lives by focusing on education, empowering rural women entrepreneurs, and promoting environmental sustainability.

From nearly half a million women in over 2,000 villages contributing to their families’ income with dignity, to more than 10,000 beneficiaries of the Scholarship program building their futures, the Foundation has charted a relentless two-decade long journey dedicated to our commitment to building a better world. Our environment initiatives have focused on afforestation, water conservation and biodiversity and adopting energy efficient alternatives across our offices.

I am thankful to our people, who enthusiastically volunteer their time and resources to support our community initiatives."