Rakesh Amerineni

Rakesh Amerineni is currently an advisor at Ayara. Rakesh has previously worked as the head of finance transformation, NPI & compliance at LinkedIn from August 2015 to October 2021. Prior to that, they were a senior business analyst at CEVA Logistics from July 2006 to December 2008 and a finance business architect at Cisco from January 2009 to December 2015. Amerineni began their career as a business analyst at Cisco in March 2004 and served in that role until June 2006. Rakesh then became an accounts manager at Modern Academy from September 2002 to March 2004.

Rakesh Amerineni has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Rakesh is certified in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging from LinkedIn. Rakesh is also a Certified Management Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and IMA | Institute of Management Accountants. In addition, they are certified in International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) from ACCA and is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Lastly, they are also a Company Secretary from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India.