Mr Rajiv Jain was appointed the Managing Director and CEO - Paints in April 2003. He joined ICI Group in 1974 in the Finance function and was appointed to the Board in 1997. He had held a number of senior positions in Corporate Finance, Operations Research and headed Specialty Chemicals and Explosives businesses including that of CFO and COO. He is also the Chairman of ICI India Research & Technology Centre.

Mr Jain, born in January 1951, has done his B Tech (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and MBA from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.

His hobbies include reading and information technology.