Nerissa Pillay holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and an Honours degree in Strategic Communication from the University of Johannesburg. After joining Aspen Pharmacare as a project manager, she completed a Postgraduate Diploma Business Administration at GIBS. She later completed her MBA at the same business school, where she specialised in the Consulting Focus Stream. In 2023 Nerissa joined the GIBS CAMM team as project manager and researcher.