Raj Ratnakar

SVP, Chief Strategy Officer

SVP, Chief Strategy Officer
Raj Ratnakar
 
 
 

Raj Ratnakar is Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer for DuPont. He is responsible for the evolution of DuPont’s portfolio through organic and M&A moves towards faster growing markets, building positions in critical product categories that builds on our technical and material capabilities, while delivering lifetime relationships with our customers in attractive markets.

He also oversees the organic strategic planning efforts across the corporation and leads capability building around commercial excellence.

 
 
 

Raj brings several years of Strategy and Corporate Development experience from leadership roles at best-in-class global, multi-sector corporations, where his efforts have delivered significant shareholder value.

Prior to his current role, which he assumed in May 2019, Raj served as Chief Strategy Officer for Fortive, a $7 billion revenue, publicly traded spin-off of Danaher, where he played a key role in designing and executing its separation from Danaher. Following separation from Danaher, he shaped the strategy to transform the traditionally Industrial company into a leading Industrial Technology company, executing M&A deals that built substantial positions in Software, Recurring Revenue Services and Healthcare, and delivered significant shareholder returns.

Raj’s previous experience also includes senior strategy roles at both Danaher and TE Connectivity. He also spent a few years in McKinsey, where he helped corporate and private equity clients with growth strategies and commercial transformations. Raj spent his early years as a software entrepreneur.

Raj holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a B. Eng., Manufacturing Engineering from Bangalore University.