Akhilesh Prasad leads Reliance Retail’s Fashion & Lifestyle business, driving strategy, business and expansion for scale & sustained growth.

Industry veteran with more than 30+ years in Retail in India, Akhilesh brings rich experience in retail-operations & business leadership across grocery, telecom and fashion.

Akhilesh joined Trends in 2006 as Head-Operations and went on to become Chief Operations Officer. He has also worked with Reliance Webstore Ltd. as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his stint with Reliance, he worked with brands Weekender, Weekender Kids and Toonworld, as Chief Executive Officer.

Today he is leading Reliance Retail’s Fashion and Lifestyle business(F&L) as President and Chief Executive Officer. Under his able leadership, he has established Reliance F&L business as the largest fashion business in the country. He has transformed fashion retail landscape in India through establishing 18+ unique & diversified fashion retail concepts across Online and Offline channels with over 3,800+ stores in the country. (Ajio, Trends, Trends Footwear, Azorte, Yousta, GAP, Avantra, Centro, Fashion Factory, Swadesh etc.)

 Akhilesh is an alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and has acquired Economics (Hons) and went on to do his Post graduation from Delhi school of Economics. 

Akhilesh’s wife, Indira is a Homemaker and they have a son, Surya. Akhilesh likes to travel and has driven across the length and breadth of the country. He is particularly fond of wild life & nature.