Gazala Vahanvati

Gazala Vahanvati is Senior Strategist in the Mumbai office of Landor. She has worked with clients ranging in hospitality, lifestyle, real estate, IT and construction in the areas of insights, strategy, naming, customer experience, and brand engagement. Clients include Café Coffee Day, World Gold Council, Platinum, Taj Group, Aimia, House of Anita Dongre and The Park Hotels.  Before joining Landor, Gazala trained with the innovation and incubation department of Future Group in India with an emphasis on new business design. As graphic designer, she worked with L’Officiel India and Seventeen India magazines and consulted independently on various brand identity projects. Gazala holds a diploma from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, with a major in Strategic Design Management, and a diploma in Commercial Art from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai. Gazala’s background in graphic design enables her to blend a design perspective with her understanding and implementation of brand strategy.