Rajan Sachdev

Rajan Sachdev has 25 years of advisory experience serving multinational corporations in areas of cross-border structuring, international tax, corporate tax, mergers and hive-offs, and transfer pricing. During the course of his enriching professional journey, Rajan has successfully led sizeable teams on prominent global assignments across contiguous service lines and multiple jurisdictions.

Rajan spent the formative years of his career with Arthur Andersen, where he developed valuable skills for operating in a global ecosystem. He subsequently honed his service capabilities over an eight-year stint at the tax and regulatory practice of PwC before transitioning to the industry as a tax director. During this time, Rajan was nominated to the elite club of India Executive Council, where he participated in key strategic and investment decisions for the aerospace, automation controls, and transportation businesses. He was a core member of a hand-picked global executive team responsible for designing and implementing a tax-efficient supply chain reorganization for one of the firm’s key international businesses.

Rajan was inducted as a partner in 2007 at KPMG, New Delhi. He was a key member of the firm’s national tax practice, tasked with building the firm’s international tax and transfer pricing practice in North India, and gradually matured into the role of a senior client relationship partner on some of the firm’s marquee national accounts. He was an integral member of the firm’s national dispute resolution practice, managing complex tax controversies and assisting clients in successfully navigating their cases across multiple litigation forums.

Rajan believes that his forte lies in working closely with clients to understand their business objectives and leveraging deep domain knowledge to deliver well-rounded, elegant tax solutions. He subscribes to the mantra that astute foresight often produces satisfactory hindsight.