Rishad Premji is the Chief Strategy Officer & Member of the Board, Wipro Limited. In his role he also leads the Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs functions for the company.

Since joining Wipro in 2007, he has been instrumental in shaping Wipro’s strategy and aligning it with the future business landscape. He championed Wipro’s entry into the Origination and Loan Servicing space as an end to end provider of Mortgage solutions. This led to the acquisition of Gallagher Financial Systems (now called Wipro Gallagher Solutions). In the BFSI space, Rishad also spearheaded the integration of Citi Technology Services following Wipro’s acquisition of the Citibank captive in the application and infrastructure space.

As Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, he has helped significantly scale up the systems, processes, and interactions with both internal and external stakeholders. Recently, he conceptualized Wipro Ventures – a $100M fund to invest in start-ups developing technologies and solutions that will complement Wipro’s businesses through next generation solutions and products.

Prior to joining Wipro, Rishad was with Bain & Company in London, working on assignments across Consumer Products, Automobiles, Telecom and Insurance. He also worked with GE Capital in the US across several businesses throughout the Insurance and Consumer Lending space and is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program (FMP).

Rishad is on the Board of Wipro Enterprises Limited, a leading player in the FMCG & Infrastructure Engineering space with sales of ~$1B. He is also on the board of Wipro-GE, a joint venture between Wipro and General Electric in the healthcare domain and on the board of the Azim Premji Foundation. The foundation is one of the largest not-for-profit initiatives in India focused on improving school education working with over 350,000 schools across the country.

Rishad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University in the US. He has also spent a year at the London School of Economics where he was part of the General Course Program. In 2014, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and commitment to society.