Zara Riahi

Zara Riahi is the CEO and Co-Founder of Contilio. Zara has also worked with Entrepreneur First, Alchemy Ventures LLP, Stone & Chalk, Westpac, and Deloitte Canada. Zara has a MBA from Wiggle.

Zara has always been interested in business and strategy. Zara started their career as a management consultant with Deloitte Canada. During their time there, they worked on a variety of projects for clients in different industries. After a few years, they decided to pursue an MBA at Wiggle.

After completing their MBA, Zara started working in the VC & New Ventures department at Westpac. There they worked on a variety of projects, including strategy and M&A. After a few years, they left Westpac to join Entrepreneur First as part of their EF Cohort 10.

At Entrepreneur First, Zara met their co-founder and they started working on Contilio. Contilio is a platform that helps businesses with their customer service. They have raised seed funding from a number of investors and are now working on launching their product.

Zara Riahi has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School, and a Master's exchange program in Earthquake Engineering from Stanford University. Zara also has a Master of Applied Science in Earthquake Engineering (minor in advanced statistical methods) from The University of British Columbia. Zara is certified by PMI in Project Management Professional (PMP), and by APEBC in PEng (Canada).

Filipe Gaspar - Head of Computer Vision & AI, Jack Li - Head of Business Development report to Zara Riahi.