Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2025 – DAMAC Digital has announced the appointment of Rahul Tewari as Chief Financial Officer, signalling a new phase of strategic growth and innovation for the company as it continues to build its global footprint in digital infrastructure.
Rahul Tewari brings over two decades of extensive financial and strategic leadership across high-growth technology, gaming, investment, and digital sectors. Before joining DAMAC Digital, he played a transformative role as Chief Financial Officer at Games24x7, one of India’s leading gaming companies, where he led strategic finance and corporate development, steering the company through domestic and international diversification and a major funding round that valued the company at $2.5 billion. Rahul also played a key role as an Investment Professional at Games24x7 Ventures, supporting early-stage startups at the intersection of technology and interactive entertainment.
Rahul’s recent engagements include serving as a Mentor and Investor at TechXpedite, empowering early-stage ventures in AI, assistive tech, and gaming, as well as a Board Observer for CricHeroes, the world’s largest cricket network.
Prior to this, Rahul was Chief Financial Officer at Quikr, a digital classifieds unicorn, where he drove operational effectiveness, strategic acquisitions, capital raising, and business transformation across multiple verticals. He also led strategic and financial advisory for technology investment banking at ICICI Securities as Executive Vice President and Head of Technology Investment Banking, executing high-impact IPOs, M&A, and private equity transactions in the technology sector.
Earlier in his career, Rahul was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Riverhead Advisors, leading cross-border M&A, innovative financing, and transaction management for a diverse set of global clients. He has also held senior investment banking roles at Bank of America and RBC Capital Markets in New York, focusing on the technology, media, and telecom sectors, and successfully closing landmark transactions with marquee clients.
Rahul began his career with roles at Avaya, Deutsche Bank, KPMG, and IFCI, managing M&A, project finance, and strategic advisory across infrastructure, telecom, and technology sectors. He holds an MBA in Finance from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Delhi.
About DAMAC Digital
DAMAC Digital is a global digital infrastructure company headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As a wholly owned subsidiary of a private investment company, DAMAC Digital is redefining the data centre market with a commitment to speed, agility, and local innovation. The company proactively builds, buys, and partners to deliver next-generation data centre services and digital infrastructure solutions, identifying markets where new investment can drive maximum impact for economies, enterprises, and end users worldwide.
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