Vibha Paul Rishi

Independent Director at ICICI Bank

Ms. Vibha Paul Rishi holds a Masters degree in Business Administration with a specialisation in Marketing from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. She also holds an Honours in Economics from Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi University. She started her career with Tata Administrative Service and was part of the core start-up team of Titan Watches. She was thereafter associated with PepsiCo for 17 years in leadership roles in the areas of marketing and innovation in India, US and UK. She was also one of the founding team members of PepsiCo when they started operations in India. She later moved to PepsiCo's headquarters in the US to be a part of its international marketing team, which was followed by an innovation leadership role in London. Her last role in an executive capacity was as Executive Director, Brand and Human Capital of Max India prior to which she was the Director, marketing and customer strategy at the Future Group.

Ms. Rishi is an accomplished marketing specialist with international experience in spearheading global marketing campaigns for high-visibility consumer products. She has worked at senior positions in branding, strategy, innovation and human capital around the world. Her core competency includes product rebranding, new product development and launch, alignment of global marketing teams of start-ups, entering new international markets, best practices and organisational structure. Given her many years of experience as a Board and Committee member in many leading companies, she has gained specialized knowledge and practical experience in Accountancy, Agricultural and rural economy, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources Management, Risk Management, Business Management, Consumer Insight & Marketing and Strategy.

She serves on the Boards of several reputed companies and their Board level Committees including the Audit Committee, the Risk Management Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. She is also associated with Pratham (Indian NGO), an NGO that works to provide education to underprivileged children in India.