Rishad joined ICICI Venture in 2008 and is focused on lease management and business development for ICICI Venture investments. Prior to joining ICICI Venture he was with Cushman & Wakefield where he was the Senior Manager for the Tenant Strategies & Solutions division, where he provided real estate consulting services for office space requirements. He has transacted close to one million square feet of office space in the Mumbai and Pune markets. Prior to this he worked as a lending manager for a mortgage brokering firm in the US.

Rishad holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics and a minor in Marketing from the University of Rochester.