Rishad Tobaccowala

Rishad Tobaccowala is an advisor at TVision and a former strategy and growth officer at Publicis Groupe. Rishad also previously served as the chief strategy and innovation officer at VivaKi.

Tobaccowala has focused on incubating new ideas, approaches and models for the next generation of data driven marketing, story telling, brand rethinking and the next two billion customers (China and India). In order to achieve these goals, they have been responsible for Emerging Opportunities and Partnerships. Emerging Opportunities includes co creating the future with startups (VivaKi Ventures), media companies (The Pool), and Brands (Finch 15). Partnerships include working closely with Publicis Corporate and the leadership of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and many other global technology platforms and markets. To fund these opportunities and partnerships, Tobaccowala provides input to Publicis M&A and the Orange Publicis Fund.

Rishad Tobaccowala attended the University of Mumbai, where they earned a BS in mathematics and economics. Rishad then attended the University of Chicago, where they earned an MBA in marketing and finance. Finally, they attended Campion ICSE, where they studied math and economics.