ABOUT THE GUEST

He believes that the soul of a business lies in the people, not the spreadsheets. His key skill is getting people to see, think and feel differently about how to grow themselves, their teams and their company.

Marketing guru and best-selling author Rishad Tobaccowala has been named by BusinessWeek as one of the top business leaders for pioneering innovation and TIME magazine has highlighted him as one of the five top “Marketing Innovators”.

He is the author of the best selling book Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data.

Rishad is a Senior Adviser to the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communication firm, and has served most recently as its Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist. Over the span of his 37-year career in marketing, Rishad has also served as the Chairman of Digitas and Razorfish and several roles at Starcom and Leo Burnett including setting up the first digital units for both firms called Starcom IP and Giant Step over 20 years ago.

Rishad is also the Chairman of The Tobaccowala Foundation which helps 10,000 people in India gain access to better healthcare and education.