Rikin is the CEO of Janus Continental Group (JCG) based in Dubai. He has been with JCG for 7 years.  He is a member of the Group’s investment committee and serves on the JCG Executive Board.​​

As CEO, he is responsible for building adaptable business models and corporate governance structures to support sustainable and profitable growth.  ​Since 2005, Rikin has made Africa, the continent of opportunities, his ‘work home’.  

He was previously the CFO at JCG. Prior to this, he was the Group Deputy CFO and a member of the Executive Committee at Export Trading Group (ETG), a global player with a diverse portfolio of agriculture commodities across the globe. He also held various senior positions at Olam International, Singapore based leading food and agri-business with global presence. ​

He joined as a director of Highview Power in January 2021 with a vision to be part of Highview’s incredible growth journey and contribute by exploring avenues of deploying Highview’s technology in JCG’s core markets in Africa.  ​

Rikin is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, India and a Chartered Management Accountant (CMA) from CIMA Institute, London. ​​​