Rishi Motilal Trivedi serves as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Gunfire Holdings Limited, a Mumbai-based investment and financial services firm established in 2016.
With oversight of strategic growth initiatives, Rishi leads the company’s expansion into fintech, banking, financial services (BFSI), and capital markets, driving both domestic and cross-border partnerships.
Under his leadership, Gunfire has adopted a disciplined corporate framework—aligning investment strategy, risk governance and technology enablement—to build a scalable and resilient financial institution. Rishi emphasises a global mindset: leveraging digital platforms, cloud-native architecture and data-driven decision-making to compete at the highest levels of the financial services industry.
He brings over a decade of senior experience in finance and leadership, combining a deep understanding of capital markets with operational oversight in dynamic environments. His leadership style is grounded in rigorous standards, strong compliance culture, and a long-term value creation focus.
Rishi is passionate about advancing growth opportunities in the Indian market, while setting up frameworks to compete internationally. He believes corporate leadership today requires more than transaction execution— it demands stewardship, innovation and operational excellence.
Actively engaged in industry forums, Rishi has shared his perspectives on the evolution of the BFSI sector, sustainability in finance and next-generation digital banking at high-profile summits.
Outside of his core role, he is committed to building organisational culture that fosters talent, promotes integrity, and delivers measurable performance.
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