Ziyaad Bhorat

Ziyaad Bhorat is Vice President of Imagination and Strategic Growth at Mozilla Foundation, where he works at the level of institutional direction, capital strategy, and high-value global partnership and investment architectures. He operates across culture, policy, and markets, concentrating on the point where imagination becomes power and where alternative technology futures become credible, impactful, and investable. His work is grounded in a commitment to internet health and to technology systems where long-term public risk is not left unaccounted for by markets.

At Mozilla Foundation he advances long-term strategy, integrates imaginative and design-led approaches across the institution, and builds complex partnership structures and capital vehicles with global partners. He leads Creative Futures, Mozilla’s cultural R&D portfolio, positioning it as a platform for new category formation at the intersection of art, technology innovation, and institutional vision.

Ziyaad works with leaders across governments, major foundations, family offices, cultural institutions, and capital allocators shaping the future of technology. A Rhodes Scholar from South Africa, he holds a PhD from UCLA and graduate degrees from Oxford. He sits on and advises philanthropic and corporate boards, serving in both trustee and director capacities.