Raghunandan K S — Co-Founder

Organisations are entering a demographic inflection point. Longer lives, dispersed families, extended careers, and delayed retirements are quietly reshaping how work, leadership capacity, and workforce sustainability operate. Within this shift, ageing parents and caregiving responsibilities are no longer peripheral concerns. They are increasingly influencing focus, decision velocity, retention, and long-term talent resilience — often invisibly. I founded EldersIndia to help organisations address this reality as a strategic workforce design challenge, not merely an employee benefit. EldersIndia brings structure and foresight to longevity and caregiving through a curated, multi-partner ecosystem spanning eldercare, financial preparedness, health navigation, and purposeful engagement. The goal is not crisis response, but early, informed decision-making across the longevity journey. The broader ecosystem includes: • 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 – enterprise platform addressing ageing and caregiving in a scalable, structured way • 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 – financial preparedness for retirement and longevity, for employees and their parents • 𝐄𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 – enabling experienced professionals to remain purposeful while helping organisations access flexible senior capability My earlier leadership roles at IBM and Cisco shaped my understanding of enterprise decision-making, scale, and the practical realities CEOs face when demographic shifts meet business performance. Today, I work with CEOs, CHROs, GCC leaders, and boards who recognise that longevity is not a retirement issue; it is a structural workforce issue. If you are thinking about how demographic change will influence your organisation over the next two decades, I welcome the conversation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in workforce sustainability and financial preparedness within the eldercare ecosystem.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 35 yrs 3 mos

Career Highlights

Founder of EldersIndia, addressing workforce implications of longevity.
Expert in strategic workforce design for caregiving complexities.
Led enterprise services at Cisco and IBM, driving growth.

Work Experience

EldersWealth

Founder (8 yrs 3 mos)

EldersIndia

Founder & CEO (10 yrs 3 mos)

Cisco Systems

Managing Director - Services, India and SAARC (2 yrs 2 mos)

IBM

Executive Director - Integrated Technology Services (2 yrs 6 mos)

Director - Solutions and Business Development, India / South Asia (3 yrs 7 mos)

VP - Industrial Sector, ASEAN/ South Asia (4 yrs 3 mos)

CFO - India (2 yrs)

Board Member - IBM India (12 yrs)

Manager - Finance, IBM Global Services Asia Pacfic (2 yrs 8 mos)

DGM Finance and Planning ( IBM India/ Tata IBM) (4 yrs 2 mos)

Industrial Systems Specialist (11 mos)

Larsen & Toubro

Engineer (2 yrs 9 mos)

Education

PGDM at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

BE at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE)

at National College

Raghunandan K S

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India35 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of EldersIndia, addressing workforce implications of longevity.
Expert in strategic workforce design for caregiving complexities.
Led enterprise services at Cisco and IBM, driving growth.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in workforce sustainability and financial preparedness within the eldercare ecosystem.

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Building Organizational capabilityIncubating new growth InitiativesTurnaroundsOutsourcingBusiness TransformationBusiness StrategyBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentP&L ManagementBusiness PlanningSolution SellingTurn Around ManagementManagementSales ManagementLeadership

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Experience

35 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Elderswealth

Founder

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Founder, EldersWealth
A longevity-focused financial venture addressing the extended financial horizon created by longer lives.
EldersWealth helps individuals and families design disciplined, integrated retirement and late-life financial architecture, spanning retirement corpus planning, sustainable income design, risk protection, estate and succession planning, and contingency frameworks for incapacity.
EldersWealth also engages selectively with organisations through a complementary B2B2C model, strengthening employee financial literacy and long-term preparedness as part of the broader longevity ecosystem.

Eldersindia

Founder & CEO

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Founder & CEO, EldersIndia, helping organisations respond to the workforce implications of longer lives and caregiving complexity.
EldersIndia enables enterprises to move from reactive, ad-hoc support toward structured longevity and caregiving strategy. Through a curated ecosystem of 100+ partners spanning care, health, financial preparedness, and engagement, employees are supported proactively rather than in crisis.
Engage with CEOs and CHROs on integrating caregiving into workforce sustainability and leadership resilience.
Lead strategy, ecosystem design, and enterprise partnerships.

Cisco systems

Managing Director - Services, India and SAARC

Aug 2013 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

Led Cisco’s Services business across India and SAARC, with responsibility for Advisory, Advanced, and Technical Services portfolios.
Drove enterprise adoption of services-led engagement models, strengthening long-term client partnerships and expanding services contribution within strategic accounts.

Ibm

8 roles

Executive Director - Integrated Technology Services

Promoted

Jan 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Progressed through finance, regional leadership, and P&L roles across India and Asia Pacific during IBM India’s high-growth and expansion phase.
Full P&L responsibility for Infrastructure Services business, leading Sales, Consulting, Solutions, and Delivery teams across the region.

Director - Solutions and Business Development, India / South Asia

Jul 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Incubated and scaled new industry verticals (Retail, Healthcare, Energy, Media, Travel, Government), building domain capability, alliances, and anchor client wins. Achieved growth significantly above overall growth of the organization in the region.

VP - Industrial Sector, ASEAN/ South Asia

Mar 2003 – Jun 2007 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Led multi-country relationship and solution sales teams across India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Drove turnaround and sustained record growth, including landmark strategic outsourcing wins.

CFO - India

Feb 2001 – Feb 2003 · 2 yrs

Led Finance and Operations for IBM India during a high-growth and transformation phase.

Board Member - IBM India

Promoted

Jan 2001 – Jan 2013 · 12 yrs

Manager - Finance, IBM Global Services Asia Pacfic

Jun 1998 – Feb 2001 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Member of Asia Pacific Finance Leadership Team; led regional planning and coordination initiatives.

DGM Finance and Planning ( IBM India/ Tata IBM)

Promoted

May 1994 – Jul 1998 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Built the Business Planning and Pricing function from inception; part of core leadership team establishing IBM Global Services India

Industrial Systems Specialist

May 1993 – Apr 1994 · 11 mos

Sales and systems leadership for manufacturing clients in Western India.

Larsen & toubro

Engineer

Aug 1988 – May 1991 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Early-career exposure across production planning, shop floor operations, tool engineering, and product design. Led Systems Development initiatives within the Computer Services Division.