Richa is currently Managing Partner & CEO–ESG Stewardship Services at ECube Investment Advisors. In this entrepreneurial venture, she describes her mission as making sustainability more intrinsic to business for corporates and investors.

Richa brings over 30 years of consumer goods experience in business transformation, strategy, marketing & innovation and operations. Prior to ECube, till 2021, Richa was with the Tata group, where as COO she led the transformation of the consumer business of Tata Chemicals, creating and building the foods portfolio beyond salt. In her last role at the Tata group, as President – Packaged Foods, Tata Consumer Products Ltd, she was responsible for driving that business in India.

Before joining the Tata Group, Richa had set up Five by Six Consulting - a boutique strategic marketing consulting firm, advising companies like McCain Foods, Britannia & Wipro (Consumer). Prior to Five by Six, Richa’s stints as Head of Marketing & Innovation at Britannia, and in leadership positions at Balsara & FCB-Ulka, were all during the critical inflexion points in the journey of these organisations.

Richa has served as a Director on the Board of Tata Nourishco and Tata Unistore (Tata Cliq). She is currently an independent director on the board of Snapdeal Limited, FirstMeridian Business Services Limited and Morphosis VC.

Richa has played an active role in mentoring senior leaders, across industries & organisations. In 2020, Richa was on Business Today’s list of Most Powerful Women.

Besides business, Richa is passionate about travel and photography; she has had solo exhibitions in India at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi & NCPA, Mumbai, and has also exhibited at an edition of the India Art Fair.

A graduate in Economics & an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Richa is a Chevening scholar from the London School of Economics.