GRI India Fireside Chat
with Anita M. George, Executive Vice President and Deputy Head, CDPQ Global
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SPECIAL GUEST ANITA M. GEORGE Executive Vice-President and Deputy Head CDPQ  |
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MODERATOR GAUTAM MEHRA Partner and India Tax Leader PWC  |
Wednesday, 28th October
15:00 - 16:00 | Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30)
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Some Confirmed Participants
Some Confirmed Participants
Co-chairs
Abhijeet ShettyPeak Infra
Adhirath JalanShekhawati Group
Adil EngineerCREDBERG
Ajay SharmaColliers
Ajit DayalQuantum
Akshat PandyaAditya Birla RE
Ambuj AgrawalSafeway Concessions
Amit BhagatASK Property Fund
Amit GoenkaNisus Finance
Amit GroverAdani Airport
Anish SanghviPW & Co
Anita GeorgeCurrently Unaffiliated
Ankit VivekPwC
Anuj GoradiaDosti Realty
Anuranjan MohnotGruhas & Lumos
Arun MaheshwariJSW
Ashish JainGMR Group
Ashwin RameshPrimary RE Advisors
Ashwini ShahAustralian Consulate
Avinash RaoSekura Energy Limited
Avinash SuleRMZ Corporation
Bevan TowningAustralian Super
Bhairav DalalPwC
Bhaskar RaoBACL
Boman IraniRustomjee
Brian OravecIndoSpace
Deep GuptaMacquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
G Abhinav ReddyGAR Corp.
Gaurav KarnikEY
Gaurav PuriNuvama
Gautam MehraPwC
Girish SinghiWelspun One Logistics Parks
Hardeep DayalPhoenix Mills
Jaanvi ThakkarPwC
Jai S RupaniGokaldas Lifestyle
Jaspreet ShahpuriADIA
Josep Quiles PerezIsadak
Karan BhutaniKKR
Karthik KrishnaEverVantage
Kaushik DesaiWSB Partners
Keith TanCapitaLand Financial
Keyur ShahBirla Estates
Kim AzevedoGreystar
Kishore Reddy DMANA PROJECTS
Krishna KotakJ. M. Baxi Group
Kuldip ChawllaAliens Group
Kumaran ChandrasekaranIndoSpace
Kunal AgarwalI Squared Capital-India
Luis Felipe RinconGreystar
Manish AgarwalIndian School of Public Policy
Manoj GuptaFortum - India
Mayank RuiaMAIA Estates
Mitesh AgrawalNV Capital Services
Mitesh KulkarniAccurate Developers
Munish SharmaAustralian Consulate
Niranjan HiranandaniHiranandani Group
Nitin IdnaniJM Financial
P. KrishnakumarOrient Green Power
Pawan AgrawalAzure Power
Pawan AnandHOAI
Pawan KantIndInfravit Trust
Piyush GuptaPeacock Capital
Pranay AgarwalTusk Investments
Pratik MantriMantri Developers
Prerna MehndirattaPwC
Pushkar KulkarniCPPIB
Quek Kwang MengMapletree
R. S. SreenivasGreenko Group
Rahul RaiICICI Prudential
Raiz BasheeruddinMfar Holdings
Raj MendaRMZ Corporation
Rajat TandonProprium Capital Partners
Rajeev KalraTRG India
Rajesh KrishnanBrick Eagle
Rajiv MishraCLP India
Rajkumar BansalEdelweiss ARC
Ramesh NairMindspace Business Parks REIT
Ranjit GuptaAzure Power
Rao MunukutlaBACL
Ravi AhujaL&T Realty
Rishi RajMax Estates
Ritesh RegulapatiIndusInd Bank
Ritesh SampatHDFC Bank
Ritesh ShethCurrently Unaffiliated
Rituraj VermaNisus Finance
Rohit HegdeKSH Infra
Ronald PhilipAgility Logistics
Ruchita ManiarAscendas-Firstspace
Sachin ShahRBSA Advisors
Sahil VachaniMax Estates
Sahil VoraSILA
Samridh SharmaSharma Group
Sandeep UpadhyayCentrum Capital
Santosh JanakiramCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Sarvesh SomanL&T Realty
Seshadri RangarajanAliens Group
Shailesh PathakLarsen & Toubro
Shameek RayISEC PD
Sharad MittalArnya RealEstates Fund Advisors
Shobhit AgarwalANAROCK Capital
Shouvik PurkayasthaIDFC
Shridhar NarayanHiranandani Group
Siddharth SangalProprium Capital Partners
Siddharth TrivediOne Investment Management
Sidharath KapurSidharath Kapur
Subodh RunwalRunwal Group
Sudheer PerlaTABREED
Sujoy BoseNIIF
Sumit AnandGMR Group
Sunir RamchandaniTATA Capital
Suresh AmirapuPSA India
Susanne LaiMandarin Oriental
Swapan MukherjeeGera Developments
Tariq VaidyaNV Capital Services
Tarun ShankarIFC
V. R. NeelakantanShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Varun SinghAllianz Real Estate
Vineet SekhsariaPrologis India
Yash GuptaYGR
Some Confirmed Participants
Abhijeet Shetty
Head Special Projects
Peak Infra
Adhirath Jalan
Director
Shekhawati Group
Adil Engineer
Jt.Managing Partner
CREDBERG
Ajay Sharma
Managing Director (Valuations)
Colliers
Ajit Dayal
Founder
Quantum
Akshat Pandya
Head-Real Estate Fund
Aditya Birla RE
Ambuj Agrawal
CFO
Safeway Concessions
Amit Bhagat
Co-founder, CEO & MD
ASK Property Fund
Amit Goenka
Chairman & Managing Director
Nisus Finance
Amit Grover
Chief Executive Officer - City Side Development - Airport Business
Adani Airport
Anish Sanghvi
Partner
PW & Co
Anita George
Managing Director South Asia
Currently Unaffiliated
Ankit Vivek
Associate Director
PwC
Anuj Goradia
Director
Dosti Realty
Anuranjan Mohnot
MD & CEO, Lumos Alternate
Gruhas & Lumos
Arun Maheshwari
Jt. MD & CEO
JSW
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERM
GMR Group
Ashwin Ramesh
Founder
Primary RE Advisors
Ashwini Shah
Director
Australian Consulate
Avinash Rao
Whole-time Director & CEO
Sekura Energy Limited
Avinash Sule
South East Asia Director
RMZ Corporation
Bevan Towning
Head of Property
Australian Super
Bhairav Dalal
Partner
PwC
Bhaskar Rao
CFO
BACL
Boman Irani
Chairman & MD
Rustomjee
Brian Oravec
CEO & Managing Partner
IndoSpace
Deep Gupta
Managing Director
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
G Abhinav Reddy
Managing Director
GAR Corp.
Gaurav Karnik
Partner & National Leader Real Estate
EY
Gaurav Puri
Chief Investment Officer - CRE
Nuvama
Gautam Mehra
Partner
PwC
Girish Singhi
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Welspun One Logistics Parks
Hardeep Dayal
Head- Investments & Asset Management
Phoenix Mills
Jaanvi Thakkar
Scribe
PwC
Jai S Rupani
Head - Family Office
Gokaldas Lifestyle
Jaspreet Shahpuri
Senior Investment Manager - Asia Pacific
ADIA
Josep Quiles Perez
CEO
Isadak
Karan Bhutani
Director - Real Estate
KKR
Karthik Krishna
Co-founder & Managing Partner
EverVantage
Kaushik Desai
Managing Partner, WSB Partners (formerly Walton Street India)
WSB Partners
Keith Tan
Assistant Vice President
CapitaLand Financial
Keyur Shah
Managing Director & CEO
Birla Estates
Kim Azevedo
Director, Investments & Development
Greystar
Kishore Reddy D
Managing Director
MANA PROJECTS
Krishna Kotak
Chairman
J. M. Baxi Group
Kuldip Chawlla
Advisor
Aliens Group
Kumaran Chandrasekaran
Executive Vice President - Investments
IndoSpace
Kunal Agarwal
I Squared Capital-India
Luis Felipe Rincon
Director
Greystar
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure Expert
Indian School of Public Policy
Manoj Gupta
Vice President Solar
Fortum - India
Mayank Ruia
Founder & CEO
MAIA Estates
Mitesh Agrawal
CIO - Real Estate
NV Capital Services
Mitesh Kulkarni
Chairman & Managing Director
Accurate Developers
Munish Sharma
Commercial Consul & Trade Commissioner, South Asia
Australian Consulate
Niranjan Hiranandani
Founder & MD
Hiranandani Group
Nitin Idnani
Managing Director
JM Financial
P. Krishnakumar
Director
Orient Green Power
Pawan Agrawal
CFO
Azure Power
Pawan Anand
Ex- Secretary General - HOAI
HOAI
Pawan Kant
CEO
IndInfravit Trust
Piyush Gupta
Founder
Peacock Capital
Pranay Agarwal
Founder and CIO
Tusk Investments
Pratik Mantri
Director
Mantri Developers
Prerna Mehndiratta
Partner, Tax and Regulatory
PwC
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director - Infrastructure
CPPIB
Quek Kwang Meng
Regional Chief Executive Officer, India
Mapletree
R. S. Sreenivas
Advisor - MD office
Greenko Group
Rahul Rai
Executive VP & Head RE Business
ICICI Prudential
Raiz Basheeruddin
Director
Mfar Holdings
Raj Menda
Chairman, Supervisory Board
RMZ Corporation
Rajat Tandon
Managing Director
Proprium Capital Partners
Rajeev Kalra
MD & Country Head
TRG India
Rajesh Krishnan
Managing Director & CEO
Brick Eagle
Rajiv Mishra
Managing Director
CLP India
Rajkumar Bansal
MD & CEO
Edelweiss ARC
Ramesh Nair
CEO Mindspace Business Parks REIT
Mindspace Business Parks REIT
Ranjit Gupta
CEO
Azure Power
Rao Munukutla
CEO & Executive Director - BACL
BACL
Ravi Ahuja
Head Commercial Leasing
L&T Realty
Rishi Raj
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Max Estates Limited (MEL)
Max Estates
Ritesh Regulapati
VP
IndusInd Bank
Ritesh Sampat
Head Debt Cap. Markets and Proj. Finance
HDFC Bank
Ritesh Sheth
CEO & Managing Partner
Currently Unaffiliated
Rituraj Verma
Partner
Nisus Finance
Rohit Hegde
Managing Director
KSH Infra
Ronald Philip
Agility Logistics
Ruchita Maniar
Head- Investments
Ascendas-Firstspace
Sachin Shah
Executive Director
RBSA Advisors
Sahil Vachani
Vice Chairman and Managing Director
Max Estates
Sahil Vora
Founder
SILA
Samridh Sharma
Director
Sharma Group
Sandeep Upadhyay
MD & CEO - Infrastructure Advisory
Centrum Capital
Santosh Janakiram
Partner
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Sarvesh Soman
Business Head-Commercial
L&T Realty
Seshadri Rangarajan
CFO
Aliens Group
Shailesh Pathak
Head - Special Initiatives, Development Projects
Larsen & Toubro
Shameek Ray
Head - Debt Capital Markets
ISEC PD
Sharad Mittal
Founder & CEO
Arnya RealEstates Fund Advisors
Shobhit Agarwal
MD & CEO
ANAROCK Capital
Shouvik Purkayastha
Managing Director - Investment Banking
IDFC
Shridhar Narayan
CEO - Hiranandani Group, Real Estate & Infrastructure Business
Hiranandani Group
Siddharth Sangal
Principal
Proprium Capital Partners
Siddharth Trivedi
Managing Director, Real Estate
One Investment Management
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
Subodh Runwal
Managing Director
Runwal Group
Sudheer Perla
Managing Director
TABREED
Sujoy Bose
MD & CEO
NIIF
Sumit Anand
Chief Business Officer (ALD)
GMR Group
Sunir Ramchandani
Head - Construction Realty Funding and Asset Monetisation
TATA Capital
Suresh Amirapu
CEO - Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals
PSA India
Susanne Lai
Head of Feasibility
Mandarin Oriental
Swapan Mukherjee
Group CFO
Gera Developments
Tariq Vaidya
MD - Real Estate
NV Capital Services
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment Professional
IFC
V. R. Neelakantan
Partner, Projects & Project Finance
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Varun Singh
Director - Acquisitions
Allianz Real Estate
Vineet Sekhsaria
Managing Director and Country Head
Prologis India
Yash Gupta
Managing Partner
YGR
Abhijeet Shetty
Head Special ProjectsPeak Infra
India
Adhirath Jalan
DirectorShekhawati Group
India
Adil Engineer
Jt.Managing PartnerCREDBERG
India
Adil Engineer is a founding Director and Managing Partner of Credberg and is based in Mumbai. Adil is responsible for Jointly leading the firms growth Strategy. He has more than 28 years of experience encompassing investment banking, investment management and construction. He has advised on deals in excess of US$ 4 billion across asset classes and the entire capital stack. Mr Engineer was previously a Partner at Brookfield Financial where he was instrumental in setting up the Indian operations and for leading the investing banking and advisory function.
Ajay Sharma
Managing Director (Valuations)Colliers
India
Ajit Dayal
FounderQuantum
India
Akshat Pandya
Head-Real Estate FundAditya Birla RE
India
Over 17 years of real estate private equity, investment banking and construction finance experience in India. Prior to joining Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited in July 2013, Akshat was Vice President real estate investment banking at ENAM / AXIS Capital (Sep 2009 – Jun 2013) where he was part of a ~USD 1 billion fund raise via initial public offerings. Before ENAM, Mr. Akshat Pandya worked with the Real Estate Prop Investments book at Lehman Brothers/ Nomura (July 2007 – July 2009) and prior to that with HDFC Limited in their developer finance team (May 2004 – Jun 2007). He received a Master’s degree in Management Studies (specializing in Finance) and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai.
Ambuj Agrawal
CFOSafeway Concessions
India
Mr. Ambuj Agrawal is the CFO of Safeway Concessions since its inception. Previously, he worked with Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA India) for 10 years and was Associate Director in his last role. He has over 16 years of experience in Asset Management, Acquisitions / Divestments, Financial Control and Tax Structuring. He has also worked with PwC, Sydney and Deloitte, New York in assurance and advisory practices. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi. He also holds master’s degree in financial economics from Lancaster University Management School, England.
Amit Bhagat
Co-founder, CEO & MDASK Property Fund
India
Mr. Bhagat Co-founded the Real Estate Private Equity business of ASK Group in 2008. He has experience of more than a decade in the mortgage finance including as National Credit Head for the mortgage division of ICICI Bank. He was also the head of ICICI Property Services and has advised/syndicated over US $ 500 Mn of private equity investments. At ASK, he has raised and manages/advises an offshore and three domestic funds amounting to US $ 500 mn. He has invested in 25 projects in five cities and demonstrated complete exits from 11 projects. Mr. Bhagat is a Chartered accountant.
Amit Goenka
Chairman & Managing DirectorNisus Finance
India
Amit Goenka is CEO of Nisus Finance (NiFCO), which manages a USD 30 mn RE debt fund portfolio. He is one of India’s leading experts on RE and Infrastructure, appearing in media, industry and focus events. He was the Founder MD & CEO of Essel Finance (ZEE Group) managing AIF RE debt funds, PMS and offshore fund. As National Director- Investments for Knight Frank he transacted over USD 250 mn of real estate in 3 years covering land, residential, office and hotels. He structured NCDs, private equity and debt deals of ~USD 200 mn. He set up and led India’s first USD 50 mil. Office yield fund (REIT). Amit has also worked with Ernst & Young, Aditya Birla Group and Investment Dar (Kuwait/Dubai). Amit holds a BE, MBA, MFM & MRICS.
Amit Grover
Chief Executive Officer - City Side Development - Airport BusinessAdani Airport
India
Is seasoned Commercial RE professional with 26+ years experience in key positions at C&W, Citibank, CBRE & DLF. He grew DLF’s Office Business from 1.5 mn sft in 2003 to ~30 mn sft portfolio today across Gurgaon, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Noida & Pune. As Director & P&L Head-DLF Office Business South, East & West India, he is driving leadership role inLeasing & Operations, to establish best practices & excellence with higher Safety Standards, Compliances, Sustainable building solutions, customer experience & technical innovations. Worked closely with architects to design DLF Cyber Park Gurgaon. Is now working on designing & developing new age office parks & amenities in Chennai & Hyderabad for about 8-10 mn sft.
Anish Sanghvi
PartnerPW & Co
India
Anita George
Managing Director South AsiaCurrently Unaffiliated
India
Anita M. George is Executive Vice-President and Deputy Head of CDPQ Global. She fills a key role in developing CDPQ’s activities in its three priority international areas: the United States/Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. She actively participates in positioning CDPQ internationally, as well as developing and executing its globalization strategy. In addition to her role managing the international offices, Ms. George contributes to diversifying the portfolio by taking a holistic view in approaching the various markets. She sits on CDPQ’s Investment-Risk Committee.
Ankit Vivek
Associate DirectorPwC
India
Anuj Goradia
DirectorDosti Realty
India
Over the past 4 years Anuj Goradia has been actively involved in leading the Dosti Realty brand transformation by bringing in a new vibe, new energy and modernistic ways of doing things. Having completed his undergraduate studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, USA he brings to the table a holistic global mind-set. He oversees the planning, design and construction of the current 6 mn.sq.ft under construction portfolio of the company. He has played pivotal role in further seamlessly streamlining the processes of the Pre sales, Marketing, Sales, CRM and other verticals through the use of technology thereby enhancing customer experience as well as organizational productivity.
Anuranjan Mohnot
MD & CEO, Lumos AlternateGruhas & Lumos
India
Anuranjan Mohnot, is founding MD and CEO of Lumos Alternate Investment Advisors Private Limited. Lumos is currently focusing on stress and last mile funding projects. Prior to Lumos Alternate, Mr. Mohnot was Managing Director and CEO of Amplus Capital Advisors Private Limited and was responsible for setup of Real Estate Fund for the Lalbhai group (Arvind Limited). Amplus has successfully invested and exited in the projects of some of prominent developers in India. Mr. Mohnot has wide experience in various cross functional areas at some of the leading business conglomerates including Motilal Oswal, FutureGroup's $450 million Horizon fund, Essel Group, Reliance, Little & Co. Mr. Mohnot is B.com(H), LLB, CA & CS
Arun Maheshwari
Jt. MD & CEOJSW
India
ARUN Maheshwari, 49 years, is currently the Jt. Managing Director & CEO – JSW Infrastructure Ltd., a man who has been at many ports of call during his voyage in JSW – Sourcing major Steel & Power generating raw materials, Corporate Strategy, International marketing – anchoring each of these areas with his entrepreneurial skills, creative approach and lateral thinking. Over two & half decades of experience in steel industry, he is an ideator, strategizer, thought leader, straddling leadership roles in multiple verticals, a great team builder, widely respected by business associates and a man of all seasons. He walks the talk with Dale Carnegie and holds an MBA.
Ashish Jain
Group Head – CSPD & ERMGMR Group
India
Ashwin Ramesh
FounderPrimary RE Advisors
India
Ashwini Shah
DirectorAustralian Consulate
India
Avinash Rao
Whole-time Director & CEOSekura Energy Limited
India
Mr. Avinash P Rao is a senior power sector professional with more than two decades of techno-commercial experience across renewable energy, fossil fuel project development, combined cycle duel-fuel power plant and High Voltage sub-station operations, power transmission, Innovation & New Energy, Corporate Foundation and Sustainability. Prior to joining Sekura Energy Ltd., Mr. Rao worked with various subsidiaries of CLP Group (formerly China Light & Power, Hong Kong) in India for over 23 years and handled several responsibilities including business development, business valuation, project development, HSE accreditations, commercial, construction and asset management, and was involved in setting-up the Renewable Energy business from inception.
Avinash Sule
South East Asia DirectorRMZ Corporation
India
Bevan Towning
Head of PropertyAustralian Super
Australia
Bevan is a Senior Property Executive with particular experience in Real Estate Investment and Real Estate Funds Management across Asia Pacific and Europe for over 35 years. Bevan was most recently Global Head of Funds at Cromwell Property Group based in their London office and prior to that held a number of Senior Executive roles in Australia in the areas of Property Investment, Development and Construction, Management, Strategic Advisory and Capital Placement. Bevan is responsible for the global unlisted property portfolio at AustralianSuper.
Bhairav Dalal
PartnerPwC
India
Bhairav Dalal is a Partner in the Tax & Regulatory Practice. He has a varied experience in advising Indian and multinational groups in the area of Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Equity. He has over 13+ years of post qualification experience in transaction and tax advisory services. Over the last ten years his focus has been Real Estate.Bhairav has also advised Real Estate companies on complex projects involving tax optimisation strategies, investment structuring and group restructuring. Given his experience, he has been extensively involved in the REIT / InvIT discussions in the industry and regulators as well. He has handled diverse assignments in the transaction and corporate restructuring space.
Bhaskar Rao
CFOBACL
India
Bhaskar has over 25 years of experience, including an international stint with Rashideen Group, a large Dubai-based conglomerate. Prior to that, Bhaskar worked with the GMR Group in India as CFO in the Corporate Finance function, as well as sector CFO for Energy.
An experienced finance professional, Chartered Accountant (ICAI, India) and Certified Public Accountant (Delaware, US), Bhaskar has, over the course of his career, managed the finance function for large organisations and has in-depth knowledge in fund raising – equity and debt – financial reporting, accounting & analysis, M&A, working capital management, risk management, managing start-up operations, corporate governance, organisation & team building.
Boman Irani
Chairman & MDRustomjee
India
Mr Irani is a first generation real estate developer and an entrepreneur with over 23 years of experience and knowledge of the industry. Graduated from Harvard Business School,Mr.Irani has coupled business acumen with international exposure to put to use powerful and very successful strategies. Having founded the Rustomjee Group in 1996, the Company has evolved as one of the most sought after and respected real estate company in Mumbai. It was also one of the first real estate firms to receive an ISO 9001 certification in 2001 and have now upgraded to ISO 9001:2008. The group has development portfolio of more than 30mn square feet in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) region and a sound track record of sustained growth.
Brian Oravec
CEO & Managing PartnerIndoSpace
India
Mr. Oravec is the Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of IndoSpace Capital Asia. With $2.0 billion in AUM across four investment vehicles, IndoSpace is the largest developer and owner of modern industrial and logistics real estate in India. Prior to leading IndoSpace, Brian focused on investments and business development for Aeroterm, the air cargo vertical of Realterm. Before joining Realterm, Brian was with Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank in New York. Brian has an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University.
Deep Gupta
Managing DirectorMacquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
India
Deep is a Managing Director in MIRA and a member of the India team based in Mumbai. Since joining Macquarie Group in 2008, Deep has led acquisitions, management and disposal of several investments across various sectors, including building expertise in the transport, communications and energy sectors in India. Deep has been a member of the investing team across all infrastructure funds managed by MIRA in India, including the MAIF series. Deep currently manages the investments in transport and communications sectors and sits on several portfolio company boards. Prior to joining Macquarie Group, Deep worked with Strategic Decisions Group, providing strategic advise to companies in India.
G Abhinav Reddy
Managing DirectorGAR Corp.
India
Mr. G. Abhinav Ram Reddy is the Managing Director of GAR Corporation Pvt. Ltd, a leading Hyderabad based owner of commercial office parks. Mr. Reddy is presently managing and developing various companies that are engaged in commercial real estate asset creation. Mr. Reddy has also been instrumental in creating long-term partnerships with several MNC’s linked to the infrastructure facilities for IT & ITES companies. GAR is currently on track to create an asset base of 12 million square feet in the Office Parks segment by 2020.
Gaurav Karnik
Partner & National Leader Real EstateEY
India
Gaurav Karnik is Partner with Ernst & Young’s tax practice in India and is the National Leader for Real Estate for EY India. He is a Bachelor in Economics (Honours) and a Chartered Accountant. Gaurav has more than 20 years of experience in the field of international, transaction tax and regulatory issues. Advised several US, UK, Singapore based real estate and infrastructure focused private equity funds in structuring their India centric real estate and infrastructure funds and their specific investments in Indian companies.
Gaurav Puri
Chief Investment Officer - CRENuvama
India
Real Estate Private Equity professional with deep experience across Investments and Development Management.
Currently leading investments as CIO (CRE) at Nuvama
Previously, responsible for Investments, Product and Strategy at Godrej Fund Management.
Deal experience across real estate product lifecycle, asset classes, capital and transaction structures on a pan India basis.
Gautam Mehra
PartnerPwC
India
Gautam Mehra is a Partner with PwC India and leads the Tax and Regulatory practice for PwC India.Gautam joined PwC in September 2003 as a Partner, and since then has held various roles. Prior to taking over as the India Tax and Regulatory Leader in July 2015, he was leading the PwC Western India’s Tax and Regulatory Practice, the Financial Services’ Tax and Regulatory team and was also the Asset Management Sector leader for the firm in India. He has been working with multinational and domestic clients across a wide spectrum of tax and regulatory services, and has varied experience of nearly 30 years.
Girish Singhi
Co-Chief Investment OfficerWelspun One Logistics Parks
India
Girish Singhi is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Welspun One
He has over 15 years of real estate investment management experience.
He holds an M.B.A. (Finance) from FMS, Delhi and B.E. from NSIT (Delhi University).
Hardeep Dayal
Head- Investments & Asset ManagementPhoenix Mills
India
Hardeep has nearly 22 years of experience in real estate business in Asset Acquisitions, Investments, Asset Management, Portfolio Management, PE syndication, Fund Raising, RE Investment Banking, and also as experience of listing (IPO) for a real estate company as CEO.
Jaanvi Thakkar
ScribePwC
India
Jai S Rupani
Head - Family OfficeGokaldas Lifestyle
India
Mr. Rupani spearheads Gokaldas Lifestyle, a real estate development company focused on luxury projects. Additionally, as the CIO of the Dinesh Hinduja Family Office, he oversees investments across all asset classes for the group: real estate, stocks, bonds, structured products, private equity and venture capital. Prior to joining the Gokaldas Group, Mr. Rupani was part of the investment team at India Value Fund, a USD 1.8 Billion private equity fund in Mumbai. During his professional career, Mr. Rupani has lived and worked across the globe and has spent several years with The Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets Group as an investment banker in their San Francisco office.
Jaspreet Shahpuri
Senior Investment Manager - Asia PacificADIA
United Arab Emirates
Jaspreet Shahpuri is an Investment Manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) focusing on real estate investments in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining ADIA in 2012, Mr. Shahpuri was part of the investment banking team at J.P. Morgan in New York covering REITs and homebuilders. Mr. Shahpuri received his MBA from Cornell University and holds a Bachelors of Science in Finance from University of Bridgeport.
Josep Quiles Perez
CEOIsadak
India
Josep started his career as Controller in Siemens & continued to Sandoz, where he joined as a Financial Manager and later as the CFO & Executive Committee member. He worked in a consultancy firm as Partner in Strategy & Business mgmt. In 2000, he was the Finance & Administration Director with an American company - ITW group. In 2005, he joined Abertis in Corporate Finance dept - he managed Abertis Finance BV in the Netherlands & participated in financing the growth of Abertis through syndicate loans, private placements & bonds. As Head of International Finance, supported the financing activities of the business units & lead the financing of projects in Europe, USA, South America, Australia & India. In 2017, moved to India as Country Head.
Karan Bhutani
Director - Real EstateKKR
India
Karthik Krishna
Co-founder & Managing PartnerEverVantage
India
Karthik is a Managing Partner at EverVantage and overseas the Transaction Advisory and Leasing Verticals across asset classes. Having completed transactions in over 50 cities and over 10 million sft. his expertise ranges across verticals and industries. Karthik has successfully executed a multitude of landmark transactions across retail, F&B, commercial office space and healthcare platforms. He specialises in complex transactions be it hospitality, commercial advisory, landmark land transactions or strategy. His power house of unique experiences in portfolio management for corporates, land owners and developers nationwide, gives EverVantage it’s strength across industries.
Kaushik Desai
Managing Partner, WSB Partners (formerly Walton Street India)WSB Partners
India
Kaushik Desai is currently Managing Partner of WSB Partners (formerly 'Walton Street India'). He is responsible for strategic initiatives of the group and managing key relationship with investors, funds and intermediaries. He is responsible for the Debt strategy in residential real estate. He brings in substantial experience in transaction structuring and helps to evaluate new investment opportunities. Prior to joining WSB, he was with Deutsche Bank, Edelweiss Capital and Dawnay Day AV Group. Kaushik is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary and holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai.
Keith Tan
Assistant Vice PresidentCapitaLand Financial
Singapore
Keyur Shah
Managing Director & CEOBirla Estates
India
Keyur is the Chief Financial Officer at HDFC Property Ventures Ltd (HPVL). Having over 26 years of experience he carries with himself a wealth of knowledge in the field of Finance, Accounting and Taxation. He possesses intricate understanding of the Taxation, Financial structuring, accounting practices and company regulations. He also engages profoundly in business operations and strategy, bringing in strong industry and competitive insights.Prior to joining HPVL, Keyur was associated with a Big Four accounting firm, for 11 years in the domain of Private Equity Transaction Services and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) groups.
Kim Azevedo
Director, Investments & DevelopmentGreystar
Brazil
Kishore Reddy D
Managing DirectorMANA PROJECTS
India
Mr. D. Kishore Reddy, started MANA PROJECTS in 2000 with the basic objective of developing high quality housing in Bangalore addressing the needs and ever changing preferences of locals and migrants of Bangalore. Mana Projects has built deep domain expertise in mid-range, premium and luxury categories with operations across Bangalore. Mr. Reddy has received numerous accolades and awards for the Company's achievements and his outstanding contribution to real estate sector. The company has now completed 20 projects and has also launched the luxury-brand “Uber” , thereby expanding the company’s grasp in all segments of development. With a launch of 1 million sft in 2016 and a projected launch of another million sft by the end of 2017.
Krishna Kotak
ChairmanJ. M. Baxi Group
India
Joining the family business at an early age of 18, he has over three decades of experience in shipping, logistics and the maritime industry. He successfully spearheaded the group's diversification from a ship agency to encompass project cargo movement, bulk and container port infrastructure, container freight stations, inland container depots and container rail operations enabling J. M. Baxi & Co to emerge as the largest logistics solutions provider in the country today. His in-depth knowledge of the Indian transportation sector, diverse experience, business acumen and keen foresight have contributed significantly to the growth of J. M. Baxi Group.
Kuldip Chawlla
AdvisorAliens Group
India
Kuldip Chawlla is currently the Group CFO for Puravankara Group, a diversified real estate group with active projects across the gateway cities largely in south and west India. His career of over 3 decades spans complete program management of capital at both an operating as well as platform levels, with life cycle investments and divestments in private equity, infrastructure, growth capital and especially real estate, which he has been doing for the last 15 years.
Kumaran Chandrasekaran
Executive Vice President - InvestmentsIndoSpace
India
A financial services professional with over 15 years of experience across advisory, investment banking, corporate banking and presently fund management. Established the real estate alternate credit platform for the group and currently managing the funds (USD 200 million AUM) under AIF CAT II, as a Fund Manager. Prior to this, Kumaran played key role in Piramal’s growth curve in the real estate financing since early days of 2014. Managed USD 1 billion in private credit and handled exits worth USD 400 million. Worked with multilateral agencies like CPPIB, ADB and World Bank. Scholar of prestigious IVY league school, Columbia Business School and a privileged member of RICS.
Kunal Agarwal
I Squared Capital-India
India
Luis Felipe Rincon
DirectorGreystar
Mexico
Luis Felipe is part of the Investments and Development team for Greystar in the Dallas (TX) region and Mexico. He is involved in the sourcing, underwriting, and execution of deals throughout the entire investment and development process for the DFW and Mexican market. Luis Felipe has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Manish Agarwal
Professor Energy Policy & Infrastructure ExpertIndian School of Public Policy
India
Manish has over 25 years of experience in consultancy services related to financial strategy, investment promotion, financial modelling, project feasibility and policy formulation for public sector and government organizations in various sectors. He has extensive experience in consultancy services related to demand assessment, entry strategies, commercial due diligence, bid advisory and project finance across transportation sectors, urban development project, industrial infrastructure (SEZs, large area & commercial development), etc.
Manoj Gupta
Vice President SolarFortum - India
India
25 Years of Experience in Renewable Energy ( 18 Years+ ) & Industrial Sector in the area of Marketing & Business Development with Companies like Fortum India Pvt Ltd, a Finaland based Utility Company, Hindustan Power Group ( Blackstone Portfolio company ), Acme Solar , Suzlon Energy Ltd (Wind ), Enercon India Ltd (Wind, German EPC ), Crompton Greaves Ltd ( Industrial & Traction Motors). The goal is to lead the Renewable Energy business of Global Fund or Multinational Utility Company in Asia or subcontinent.
Mayank Ruia
Founder & CEOMAIA Estates
India
Mayank holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance and International Business from Indiana University, Bloomington. He spent years working as an Investment Banking and Private Equity Investment Professional in New York and Mumbai with the likes of UBS Investment Bank and Everstone Capital. Shortly after returning to India, he discovered gaps and opportunities in the real estate market and began his development career with The Phoenix Mills Ltd. in 2011. He founded MAIA Estates in 2016.
- Planned over 7.3 million sq. ft. across 9 projects
- Delivered over 1.5 million sq. ft.
- 1.4 million sq. ft. under construction.
- Developments across Bangalore, Chennai and Pune
Mitesh Agrawal
CIO - Real EstateNV Capital Services
India
Mitesh is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) - Real Estate at New Vernon (NV) Capital. He has over 2 decades of experience. Portfolio IRR is reckoned to be among the Top 10 Percentile of all Real Estate funds in India across both the major cycles since 2005. Recognized as India’s Top 40 under 40 Alternative Investment Professional in 2018 by The Indian Association of Alternative Investment Funds (IAAIF). Cumulative transaction experience in office real estate of over 15 million sft. Edu: M.B.A. – Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad (ISB Scholar, Dean’s List), Chartered Accountant (Ranked Top 50 All-India)
Mitesh Kulkarni
Chairman & Managing DirectorAccurate Developers
India
Mitesh is the Chairman & Managing Director of Accurate Developers and the Managing Partner of Accurate Green Meadows. Mitesh is a real estate entrepreneur. He is an eminent name in the real estate industry, with 32 years of experience in the real estate, manufacturing and financial sectors. He has been a recipient of many awards at state and national level. He has an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. Accurate Developers is presently developing a residential project ‘Accurate Wind Chimes’ at Narsingi, Hyderabad which is admeasuring 1.2 million soft comprising of eight Towers with about 582 apartments. The company has lands at Hyderabad, Bangalore and Pune.
Munish Sharma
Commercial Consul & Trade Commissioner, South AsiaAustralian Consulate
India
Munish is based in Chennai, India where he commenced his posting as Trade and Investment Commissioner for South India in January 2018. He is leading Australian government’s initiatives in infrastructure, mining, resources and energy in South Asia. Munish has held numerous positions with the Australian Trade & Investment Commission over the past 20 years, both in Australia and internationally. Prior to taking up his posting in India, he was National Manager of Austrade’s Advisory Services in Sydney and has been National Manager for Infrastructure and ICT teams in Australia. Prior to Austrade, Munish was with the Advertiser Newspaper in Adelaide in circulation sales role.
Niranjan Hiranandani
Founder & MDHiranandani Group
India
Niranjan Hiranandani is arguably, India’s ‘builder extraordinaire’, the person credited with changing Mumbai’s skyline. Niranjan Hiranandani has virtually revolutionized the real estate industry in the country. Since then, the Hiranandani Group has come a long way and is recognized for their modern state of the art mixed used township projects in Powai & Thane, both of which have become preferred residential and commercial locations in and around Mumbai. Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani is a Business Leader with a combination of qualities like sharp professional business acumen, concerned citizen with social awareness, Industry leader with up to date knowledge, and above all, ensuring that the company gives value to every Customer.
Nitin Idnani
Managing DirectorJM Financial
India
He has been part of the Investment Banking Coverage team and Head- Real estate/ REITs at Axis Capital for the past 5 years. Prior to that he spent a decade as the lead research analyst covering real estate and infrastructure. Prior to joining Axis Capital/ ENAM in 2006, he was working with HDFC Ltd across various verticals such as operations, marketing and business development. He has done his Bachelors in Commerce and holds an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management in Mumbai.
P. Krishnakumar
DirectorOrient Green Power
India
Mr. P. Krishnakumar, was Managing Director of our Company from 2008 until September 2013 and continues to be in the Board of our Company as a Non- Executive Director. From Sep.'13 to Sep.'17 he was Managing Director of Leitwind Shriram Mfg Limited and continues to be in their Board as Non-Executive Director. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, with about 40 years of industrial experience in Sales and Marketing and International Business Development and as the ‘Profit Centre Head’ of Business Units.
Pawan Agrawal
CFOAzure Power
India
Pawan Anand
Ex- Secretary General - HOAIHOAI
India
Maj Gen Dr Pawan Anand, AVSM has a wealth of experience in infrastructure management at apex level in Govt, having been Senior Chief Engineer of the South Western Region, guiding three Zonal Chief Engineers executing over 400 projects with Rs 4300 Crore ($ 605mn) outlay. Projects- residential and essential services, roads, runways, hover port, explosive storage houses etc. Was one-stop person for procurements, international/domestic (a few million USD contracts). Currently, Secy Gen of Highway Operators Association in India, Mentor for senior civil services and military officers at National Defence College, Delhi, Distinguished Fellow USI of India (think tank), Fellow Institution of Engineers. Awarded by GoI.
Pawan Kant
CEOIndInfravit Trust
India
Mr. Kant is an Infrastructure & engineering professional with nearly 30 years industry experience in Core Infrastructure, construction, Real Estate sectors. He has worked with reputed organizations such as Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, Sembcorp Construction and Engineers (Singapore), the Tata Group. He has worked across functions such as Project Financing & Structuring, Strategic Planning, Project Execution, Operations, Commercial and Contracts, Tendering and Business development. He has worked in India, Middle East and Singapore on large infrastructure projects such as Roads, Industrial park, SEZs, Power Transmission, Condominium projects, Townships, etc.
Piyush Gupta
FounderPeacock Capital
India
As the Founder of a specialized Fund Management, Investment Banking, and Asset Management platform, Piyush brings nearly 25 years of deep expertise and leadership in the Indian Real Estate and Financial Services space. A Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant by qualification, he has held senior roles at globally respected firms such as Deloitte, Piramal Fund, and Colliers. Over the course of his career, he has led, structured, and exited real estate investments totaling over USD 2 billion, across office, residential, retail, and hospitality sectors throughout India.
Pranay Agarwal
Founder and CIOTusk Investments
India
Pranay is the founder and CIO at Tusk Investments - an investment firm building the first East India focussed REIT (across warehousing, retail and commercial assets). Additionally, via a consortium, Tusk is developing affordable / mid-income residential RE in Calcutta. Prior to this he was an Associate Partner at at McKinsey & Company (10 years). At McKinsey, he co-led the Private Equity & Real Estate practice in the MEO office. Additionally, he was the leader of the shopping mall practice working with clients across the life cycle (evolution, development, procurement, asset management, leasing, analytics, organisational reform etc.) to drive portfolio value creation.
Pratik Mantri
DirectorMantri Developers
India
Prerna Mehndiratta
Partner, Tax and RegulatoryPwC
India
Prerna has over 15 years’ professional experience in Corporate and International Tax, regulatory matters and corporate restructuring matters relating to domestic clients and international clients in a wide range of industries, with a special focus on companies in the infrastructure sector.Her core focus areas include transaction advisory services such as investment structuring, deal support, business model analysis, tax due diligence for private equity and pension funds, structuring of cross-border transactions, and corporate re-structuring. Prerna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director - InfrastructureCPPIB
India
Pushkar Kulkarni leads the Infrastructure practice for Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for India. CPPIB is amongst the world’s Top Ten Pension funds with AUM of C$550.4 billion (as of December 2021). As their first investment in India, CPPIB has made an investment of INR 20 bn. into L&T IDPL making it one of the largest Private Investment in the roads sector. Prior to CPPIB, Mr. Kulkarni has worked in several esteemed organizations including Serco, an Infrastructure Services company, he served as Managing Director for India. Efkon India a leader in ITS systems for Transport Infrastructure and Philips. He has represented the Bureau of India Standards at the ISO on several Intelligent Transport System expert committees.
Quek Kwang Meng
Regional Chief Executive Officer, IndiaMapletree
Singapore
Mr. Quek, as Regional Chief Executive Officer of India, heads Mapletree’s business and investments in India. He has direct responsibility over the Group’s assets in this market. Before his current appointment in June 2016, Mr Quek was also overseeing the Group’s non-REIT activities in China market. Prior to joining Mapletree, Mr Quek was the Global co-head/Managing Director for real estate investments in Citi Private Bank.
R. S. Sreenivas
Advisor - MD officeGreenko Group
India
Rahul Rai
Executive VP & Head RE BusinessICICI Prudential
India
Rahul is with ICICI Prudential AMC Ltd and heads the management of third party close ended funds that invest in real estate projects and pre-leased offices. Rahul has over 25 years of experience of which the past 16 years have been specialized on Indian real estate sector and includes expertise across all real estate asset classes and cities. Prior to ICICI Prudential, Rahul was with SUN-Apollo Real Estate Advisors as Principal and before that he has worked with Ernst and Young and Arthur Andersen. Rahul is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has done his graduation in Commerce from the Bombay University.
Raiz Basheeruddin
DirectorMfar Holdings
India
Raj Menda
Chairman, Supervisory BoardRMZ Corporation
India
Raj Menda is the Co-Owner & Corporate Chairman of RMZ Corp. RMZ Corp is one of the most successful South Asian real estate development firms, with an unmatched portfolio in India. The organization has developed, acquired or holds an interest in over 24 M sft. of commercial properties. Its prestigious and prolific portfolio includes over $ 3 billion in real estate assets. Headquartered in Bangalore. At RMZ, we are constantly thinking about the Future. This time it’s about the Future of Space and we have chartered our course to look at creating communities. In our new manifesto we are using technology coupled with experiences to build connected communities in our spaces.Raj is the first Indian to be on the Jury of the ULI Awards
Rajat Tandon
Managing DirectorProprium Capital Partners
India
Rajat is Head of India and a Managing Director of Proprium Capital Partners, L.P. Prior to joining Proprium Capital Partners, Rajat was an Executive Director and Head of Acquisitions at India Real Estate Partners, an India focused real estate private equity fund, co-founded by former Managing Directors of Morgan Stanley Real Estate. Prior to joining India Real Estate Partners, Rajat served as a Vice President in the Morgan Stanley Real Estate group.
Rajeev Kalra
MD & Country HeadTRG India
India
Rajesh Krishnan
Managing Director & CEOBrick Eagle
India
With a vision to deliver 1 million affordable homes, Rajesh Krishnan founded the Brick Eagle group -India’s largest affordable housing platform - in 2011. Rajesh along with his professional team developed a disruptive model to address the housing shortage in India. Under his able leadership, Brick Eagle has incubated 5 local developers 6 service providers in the housing value chain. Rajesh started his career as a Drilling Services Manager at Schlumberger Oilfield Services. He then turned a banker and worked with Lehman Brothers, Nomura and concluded his banking career with Standard Chartered as Regional Head (South Asia), Structured Solutions Group. Rajesh holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Delhi and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton
Rajiv Mishra
Managing DirectorCLP India
India
Mr Mishra is responsible for running CLP's business in India. He joined the CLP Group in 2002 and has over 20 years’ of experience in the power industry, both in India and internationally, mostly involved in project financing, investment appraisal, finance and accounting and general management. Mr Mishra is a Director of various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group. Before assuming the role of Managing Director of CLP India Private Ltd., Rajiv has held a variety of senior positions in the Power Industry viz. Deputy Managing Director/Chief Financial Officer of BLCP Power in Thailand, Finance Director of PowerGen India and Finance Director of LG Energy in Seoul, South Korea.
Rajkumar Bansal
MD & CEOEdelweiss ARC
India
R. K. Bansal, a Charted Accountant is Managing Director and CEO of Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company, the largest ARC in the country. He is former Executive Director of IDBI Bank and has more than 33 years of experience in banking, covering both development banking and commercial banking, which includes 8 years in the top management team as Executive Director of IDBI Bank. Have broad and diversified experience in all functional areas of banking such as Corporate Banking, Project Appraisal, Corporate Debt Restructuring[CDR], Retail Banking, International Banking, Finance & Accounts [CFO], Resources, Recovery, Investments, Treasury, Operations, etc. as top team leader.
Ramesh Nair
CEO Mindspace Business Parks REITMindspace Business Parks REIT
India
Ramesh Nair, a seasoned expert in the Indian real estate sector, currently serves as the CEO of Mindspace Business Parks REIT. With over 25 years of experience, he has spearheaded firms like JLL India and Colliers India, managing large teams and ensuring targeted outcomes. An expert in India Inc., he's been on boards like the RICS Global Regulatory and South Asia, chaired CII Real Estate events, and advised Telangana State.
A prolific writer for premier publications and a business news channel guest, he's also a faculty at top Indian business institutes. Ramesh excels in driving growth in evolving markets with astute strategy and compassionate leadership.
Ranjit Gupta
CEOAzure Power
India
Rao Munukutla
CEO & Executive Director - BACLBACL
India
As the Chief Executive Officer, Rao Munukutla is entrusted with the responsibility of developing the Airport City for BIAL. His expertise lies in Strategic Planning, Growth Engineering, Global Alliances, Project Finance, Project Management, Construction and Business Development. In a career spanning over two and a half decades, Rao has handled leadership roles in the Infrastructure space and delivered various multi-billion-dollar projects in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Australia and Myanmar. Some of his internationally renowned projects include UOB Plaza and Suntec City in Singapore, Bintan Beach International Resort in Indonesia, MUSE SEZ in Myanmar and Springfield City in Australia.
Ravi Ahuja
Head Commercial LeasingL&T Realty
India
Mr. Ravi Ahuja is Head – Commercial Leasing at L&T Realty. The commercial leasing is a Strategic Business Group within L&T comprising of office and retail developments across the country. Mr. Ahuja is well networked in the real estate industry and brings with him a rich experience of over 23 years. This includes senior leadership roles in handling multi-disciplinary transactions & advisory for occupiers, investors, corporates, top developers and Government encompassing primary asset classes of office, residential, industrial / warehousing and land. He is passionate about residential markets and has domain expertise in office leasing, land and investment sales.
Rishi Raj
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Max Estates Limited (MEL)Max Estates
India
I have 20+ years of international experience in Research, Analytics, Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Business Strategy and Business Building (P&L ownership). In my current role I am the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Max Estates Limited (MEL), 100 percent subsidiary of Max Ventures and Industries Limited (MVIL), one of the three listed entities of the Max Group. As the COO, I am responsible for Business Strategy, Growth (Commercial and Residential business vertical), Strategic Partnerships and, overall P&L of MEL. The role also includes driving Cross Functional Strategic Initiatives including Digital as well as interface and engagement with the Regulatory Authorities.
Ritesh Regulapati
VPIndusInd Bank
India
10+ years of Fund Raising, Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions(M&A), Mezzanine Finance and Principal Equity/Buyouts/Asset Management, experienced private equity investment professional in deal processes including deal sourcing, structuring and analysis, due diligence, closing and portfolio management Fund raising experience for raising capital for a PE fund, from LPs and Pension Funds Assisting Indian Groups in raising capital from Pension Funds and SWFs from Middle East, North Asia, Europe and North Americas
Ritesh Sampat
Head Debt Cap. Markets and Proj. FinanceHDFC Bank
India
Ritesh, with about 20 years of experience, is the Head for Debt Capital Markets Business and Project Finance in HDFC Bank. The bank is now ranked # 2 on bond league table as per bloomberg and is leading arranger of loans for infrastructure projects. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he has worked with Standard Chartered, Bank Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch & ICICI Bank and has vast experience across project finance, structured transactions, mezzanine financing & bonds market. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Certified Treasury Manager.
Ritesh Sheth
CEO & Managing PartnerCurrently Unaffiliated
India
Rituraj Verma
PartnerNisus Finance
India
Rituraj Verma brings 32 years of global experience across many classes of Real Estate including Residential, Commercial, Land, and Warehousing.
He is currently a partner in the AIF2 fund – Nisus Finance Services Co Pvt. Ltd. where he is focused on last mile funding for residential projects in Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad. In addition, he. heads the transaction advisory vertical which deals with finding solutions for real estate owners across a broad range of options including structured debt, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, development management, etc.
Rituraj holds a B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (EC London) and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, New Orleans.
Rohit Hegde
Managing DirectorKSH Infra
India
Rohit Hegde is the Managing Director of KSH Distriparks, which is the holding company for the groups 3PL, logistics and infrastructure development, and inland container services business. He holds an M.B.A Finance Degree from Sheffield University, and spearheads all the expansion activities of the groups logistics businesses.
Ronald Philip
Agility Logistics
United Arab Emirates
Ruchita Maniar
Head- InvestmentsAscendas-Firstspace
India
Sachin Shah
Executive DirectorRBSA Advisors
India
Sahil Vachani
Vice Chairman and Managing DirectorMax Estates
India
Sahil Vachani, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Max Estates Ltd, aims to revolutionize Indian real estate with Max Group’s values of Sevabhav, Excellence, and Credibility. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Management Sciences from the University of Warwick, completed in 2003. Starting his career as an investment banker at Citigroup in London, he worked on Mergers and Acquisitions across the Middle East and Africa. In 2004, he joined Dixon Technologies as Business Head, launching new products, setting up manufacturing facilities, and establishing key customer relationships.
Sahil Vora
FounderSILA
India
After working at George Weiss Associates, a $3 billion hedge fund in New York, Sahil moved back to India to pursue his passion for entrepreneurship. Along with his younger brother Rushabh, they started SILA to explore opportunities in the Indian Real Estate sector. Over the last decade, SILA has scaled to manage over 150 million sqft., with 20,000+ employees across India. In 2019, SILA ventured into Real Estate Development in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, currently constructing approx. 500,000 sqft.
Sahil’s track record over the last few years led him to be named in Entrepreneur Magazine’s ‘35 under 35’ list in 2018. Sahil is also an avid sportsman, and was a member of the Indian National Squash team.
Samridh Sharma
DirectorSharma Group
India
An Computer Science Engineer from DCE & MBA from ISB, Hyderabad. In the Real Estate Sector for several years developing and leasing Commercial & Industrial spaces.
The vision is to look at the sector from a services stand point and build warehousing & office spaces with the requirement of end user. Unlike other developers, the intent is not to build and sell but rather build a portfolio of usable spaces over time.
Catering to over 100 companies, several in Fortune 500 as warehousing & office clients. Keen interest in working and investing with startups as well.
Sandeep Upadhyay
MD & CEO - Infrastructure AdvisoryCentrum Capital
India
Sandeep Upadhyay joined Centrum Capital Limited in June 2008 and is currently serving as Managing Director of Infrastructure Practise at Centrum Capital Limited. As a senior Coverage Banker he is responsible for covering the Stressed asset resolution apart from leading Investment Banking initiatives across core sectors like Transportation, Logistics, Energy & Utilities space.He is an alumnus from XLRI, Jamshedpur besides holding a Post Graduate Degree in Project Management specialising in Infrastructure sector. He has over sixteen years of extensive experience in raising Private Equity, Project Finance and advising Government & established private sector clients on M&A, Stressed asset resolution and Bidding initiatives.
Santosh Janakiram
PartnerCyril Amarchand Mangaldas
India
Santosh Janakiram is a partner in and head of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Infrastructure and Project Finance Group. He has rich experience in banking, projects, project financing, structured financing, acquisition financing and private equity and represents developers, sponsors, lenders and contractors in infrastructure and project finance transactions. He is also involved in various infrastructure sectors, including energy, transportation and mining. Chambers and Partners have since 2009 considered Santosh a Leading Lawyer in India in the Projects, Infrastructure & Energy sector. He has been named a Highly Regarded Lawyer in Banking,
Sarvesh Soman
Business Head-CommercialL&T Realty
India
Seshadri Rangarajan
CFOAliens Group
India
I am an alumnus of IIT Delhi (B.Tech 1993-97) and IIM Ahmedabad (PGDM Full time 2001-2003).
I have over 16 years of experience in corporate finance, investment management, private equity, financial advisory, business consulting and investment banking with focus on real estate. I have worked on all aspects of corporate finance including financial planning & analysis, business plan preparation and modelling, MIS systems and fund raising. I have worked as part of financial advisory, project finance and private equity teams, on all aspects of transaction management, in Ernst & Young, Axis Bank, Nomura and Old Lane. I am currently the CFO of Aliens Group and am focussing on financial management of the Group and fund raising initiatives
I have over 16 years of experience in corporate finance, investment management, private equity, financial advisory, business consulting and investment banking with focus on real estate. I have worked on all aspects of corporate finance including financial planning & analysis, business plan preparation and modelling, MIS systems and fund raising. I have worked as part of financial advisory, project finance and private equity teams, on all aspects of transaction management, in Ernst & Young, Axis Bank, Nomura and Old Lane. I am currently the CFO of Aliens Group and am focussing on financial management of the Group and fund raising initiatives
Shailesh Pathak
Head - Special Initiatives, Development ProjectsLarsen & Toubro
India
Mr. Pathak has over 3 decades of experience shared equally between the private sector and Government of India's IAS (Indian Administrative Service). He started his career in 1986 with a 4-year investment banking stint at ICICI and HSBC before joining the IAS. He re-joined the private sector in 2006, in IDFC. He returned to the ICICI group as Senior Director (Investments), ICICI Venture, investing private equity in infrastructure. He joined Larsen & Toubro in 2017.He has 360-degree experience in infrastructure finance and execution, having worked in private equity investing and fundraising, both national and global, project finance, project structuring, preparation and appraisal, and investment banking.
Shameek Ray
Head - Debt Capital MarketsISEC PD
India
Sharad Mittal
Founder & CEOArnya RealEstates Fund Advisors
India
Sharad Mittal leads and manages RE funds at Motilal Oswal Real Estate (MORE). Sharad has over 16 years of experience in RE investing and fund raising. He joined MORE in 2013, spearheading the firm's real estate fund business and has been instrumental in rebuilding and scaling up the MORE business from an AUM of Rs 200 Cr to Rs 2,000 Cr in the last 3 years. Prior, Sharad was with ICICI Prudential AMC where he was VP (RE Investments), leading the commercial rental office fund and mezzanine fund. He also led the fund raising initiative, raising Rs 1,300 Cr across two funds. He has also worked with ASK Property Investment Advisors and ICICI Bank. Sharad is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Delhi University.
Shobhit Agarwal
MD & CEOANAROCK Capital
India
Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of ANAROCK Capital Advisors, is a visionary entrepreneur and one of the prominent faces in the Indian real estate market. With a profound experience of over 22 years in real estate investments, he has been instrumental in leveraging Indian RE to the global Capital Market platform. At ANAROCK Capital, he steers the strategic direction for RE Investment Banking Advisory through various investment verticals to serve the best interest of his clients. His in-depth knowledge coupled with his long-standing relationships with developers & capital providers has resulted in multi-billion dollar deals. In his past role, he had a successful 17-year stint at JLL India where he led the Capital Markets division with aplomb.
Shouvik Purkayastha
Managing Director - Investment BankingIDFC
India
(to update) Shouvik leads Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets practice in India. He is responsible for providing strategic direction to the business, utilizing his experience and expertise in converting large scale opportunities whilst providing investment insights to regional and global funds associated with the company Shouvik has a strong background in the financial services sector having spent over 17 years in Investment Banking and Corporate Banking prior to joining C&W.
Shridhar Narayan
CEO - Hiranandani Group, Real Estate & Infrastructure BusinessHiranandani Group
India
As the CEO - Hiranandani Group Real Estate & Infrastructure Business, he drives the Business Strategy & Re-engineering, Operations,Investments/Divestments & M & A. across business verticals of Real estate, Infrastructure/Utilities, Industrial & Logistics parks. He is also associated with Pegasus Fininvest Advisory Pvt. Ltd. Prior to Hiranandani Group, He was the Group director & CEO of a large entity operating in the Hospitality and Real estate sector. He was also the Group CFO of “Future Capital Holdings Ltd.” He was the CFO for “Britannia Industries Ltd.”. He has had a long stint of 7 years with “Coca-Cola India” as Vice-President Finance and as a board member at the bottling company “Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
Siddharth Sangal
PrincipalProprium Capital Partners
India
Siddharth Trivedi
Managing Director, Real EstateOne Investment Management
United Kingdom
Sid is a Managing Director at One Investment Management with over 14 years of experience investing in global real assets and corporate credit. Previously, he was at Blackstone’s real estate debt and corporate credit groups. At OneIM, he focuses on investing in real estate on a sub-sector and geography agnostic basis, covering mid to large scale private and public opportunities across the capital structure.
Sidharath Kapur
Sidharath Kapur
India
Subodh Runwal
Managing DirectorRunwal Group
India
• An alumni of Harvard Business School and MBA from North Eastern University, Boston, USA.
• Professional experience of nearly 20 years in real estate. Credited with the development of many flagship projects like Runwal Greens and R City Mall (developed in partnership with
GIC Singapore).
• Member of and has represented the Group in forums like MCHI, FICCI and CREDAI.
• A proud recipient of “Green Crusader Award 2018” for his efforts in making his projects green and environment friendly.
• One of the promoters of SREF (Subhash Runwal Education Foundation) which gives scholarships for higher education to the deserving and meritorious students.
Sudheer Perla
Managing DirectorTABREED
India
Sudheer is the India Country Manager for Tabreed, the world’s largest listed district cooling utility headquartered in Abu Dhabi that currently provides sustainable cooling as a service to over 250 million square feet of real estate developments through the 75 district cooling systems the company operates across the GCC countries. Having commenced his stint with Tabreed in a corporate finance role successfully completing its extensive $1.7 billion restructuring and recapitalization plan in 2011, he has since worked in a variety of roles from regional asset management, business development to managing the company’s M&A activities up until early 2019.
Sujoy Bose
MD & CEONIIF
India
Sujoy Bose is Managing Director & CEO of the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India. NIIF is a public-private partnership anchored by a significant minority investment from the Govt of India, which will leverage commercial institutional capital for investments in Indian infrastructure. Prior to this, Sujoy spent 25 years at IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, most recently as Global Co-Head and Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources, where he oversaw IFC’s US$12.6 billion portfolio in transport, utilities, power, oil and gas and mining. Sujoy holds an MBA from Rice University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St Xavier's College, Kolkata, India
Sumit Anand
Chief Business Officer (ALD)GMR Group
India
Sumit is the Chief Business Officer for real estate development across GMR Airports and is responsible for managing transactions, financing and strategic platform level JVs. He also oversees the business planning and early stage development activities at all newly acquired airports. Earlier, Sumit worked with McKinsey & Company, Lehman Brothers and CBRE. He graduated from the School of Planning & Architecture (SPA) New Delhi and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
Sunir Ramchandani
Head - Construction Realty Funding and Asset MonetisationTATA Capital
India
A Real Estate Finance Professional with diverse experience, Sunir has been with ICICI Group since 2001. Over the past 19 years, he has worked in various roles with the Mortgage Business, working on developer relations, corporate & branch linked business, credit underwriting, Risk Management etc. He also worked with the Real Estate Transaction Services team at ICICI HFC, and led the business to a manifold growth during his tenor with the team. He currently manages the Construction & Realty Funding Business and the RE Asset Evaluation & Monetisation Business for ICICI Bank.
Suresh Amirapu
CEO - Bharat Mumbai Container TerminalsPSA India
India
Susanne Lai
Head of FeasibilityMandarin Oriental
Hong Kong
Swapan Mukherjee
Group CFOGera Developments
India
Swapan Mukherjee is an accomplished finance executive with over 25 years of experience in financial leadership and corporate governance. He has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Gera Developments since April 2011, where he plays a pivotal role in strategic financial planning and organizational growth. Prior to this, he held the dual role of CFO & CEO at ATFL from June 2007 to March 2011, demonstrating his versatility in managing both financial and executive responsibilities.
Tariq Vaidya
MD - Real EstateNV Capital Services
India
Tariq is the Managing Director & CEO of New Vernon Capital, with a demonstrated history of success in the real estate Private Equity space. He has spent over 25 years in the Real Estate industry. He was instrumental in setting up Knight Frank in India and ran their Advisory and Corporate Real Estate functions before joining NV Capital Services in 2005. Built up a commercial real estate portfolio of ~8.5 mn aft and successfully exited ~6.5 mn sft to global and domestic institutional investors with arguably some of the best returns in the industry.
Tarun Shankar
Sr. Infrastructure Investment ProfessionalIFC
India
Tarun is an infrastructure professional working with International Finance Corporation – The World Bank Group. He manages exposures for IFC across sectors. With an academic background in Economics and Management, he is a professional with experience spanning more than two decades. His previous employers have included IDBI, IL&FS, HSBC and IBRD (The World Bank Group).
V. R. Neelakantan
Partner, Projects & Project FinanceShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
India
Neel has advised on transactions in various sectors including transport, oil & gas and urban infrastructure and has also been extensively involved in advising on government projects and PPP transactions. He was a key member of the team that advised on financing for Cairn India (Project Finance Deal of the Year 2010 by IFLR), the gas sale and gas transportation arrangements in relation to Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline project (Energy Deal of the Year by Asian Lawyer) and Indian Oil’s long term LNG sale and purchase agreements from the United States ( IBLJ's India Deal of the Year 2014), among other marquee transactions. He has been recognised for ‘Projects, Infra & Energy’ by Chambers and Partners APAC 2019-20
Varun Singh
Director - AcquisitionsAllianz Real Estate
Singapore
Varun Singh is a Director in Allianz Real Estate Asia Pacific and heads the India & Southeast Asia business. Prior to joining Allianz in 2019, Varun was leading Singapore real estate acquisitions for JPMAM. He was directly involved with and led investments in Singapore across all sectors for JPMAM’s flagship Strategic Property Fund Asia, an open-ended core fund focused on Asia Pacific gateway cities. Previously, Varun spent 9 years investing in Indian real estate market focused on equity and debt investment opportunities. Varun graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and received his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Vineet Sekhsaria
Managing Director and Country HeadPrologis India
India
Vineet joined Morgan Stanley in Aug’2007. Vineet relocated to India in June 2011 after spending a no. of years with MSRE in New York. - Vineet has experience underwriting transactions in opportunistic and core real estate and restructuring legacy deals. - Prior to joining MSRE, Vineet worked at Deloitte Consulting in the Strategy and Operations Practice helping Fortune 500 companies restructure and grow. - Vineet has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a Bachelors degree in Economics from Miami University.
Yash Gupta
Managing PartnerYGR
India
Yash Gupta has started his own companies called Yash Gupta Real Estate LLP and Blue Sky Ventures, India’s first PropTech fund. Before being MD and country head at HINES he has served as the CEO of Silverglades, a mid-sized Indian real estate developer. In the 90's, he ran Doorvani Cables - a manufacturer of telecommunication ancillaries. He was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York (and New Delhi) for 5 years and Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Chicago for 2 years. He has a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Boston and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
The story of Pension Fund investing in India. The journey so far, the opportunities and challenges ahead
India is a priority growth market for long term investors including pension funds, given its fast growing economy, a burgeoning middle class and an entrepreneurial & transformative culture. Despite the pandemic led economic disruption, the medium to long term trends remain intact and the market presents plenty of interesting opportunities for long term institutional investors to provide capital to quality partners.
Join Anita George, as she discusses pension fund investment strategy in India and other emerging markets, the journey so far and the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Discussion will touch on
- Pandemic impact on pension fund investments
- Short term vs long term strategies for the Emerging Markets - Challenges and Opportunities
- The growing importance of ESG & Climate Change in investments
- CDPQ's investment philosophy across sectors
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Sectoral Club Partners
http://www.colliers.com
+48 22 331 78 00
Warsaw | Poland
Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 68 countries, our more than 15,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert advice to maximize the value of property for real estate occupiers, owners and investors. For more than 25 years, our experienced leadership, owning approximately 40% of our equity, has delivered compound annual investment returns of almost 20% for shareholders. In 2019, corporate revenues were more than $3.0 billion ($3.5 billion including affiliates), with $33 billion of assets under management in our investment management segment.
http://evervantage.in
+91-22-22828911
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
With a legacy of 15+ years of experience, passionate team with specialized market knowledge, EverVantage is present across major cities of India, serving 200+ clients. Our services include Capital Markets, Hospitality Advisory, Leasing Land transactions. We have raised over INR 100+Bn for Capital Markets, while closing 50 Mn+ sq. ft of Leasing and Land trades. Our proptech platform propvantage.in enables buyers and lessees to seamlessly and smartly search and transact across asset classes.
http://www.jll.com/en-in
+91 22 71495900
New Delhi | Maharashtra | India
JLL India is a leading professional real estate services firm with a 25-year presence in India. Operating across 10 cities with over 17,000 employees, the firm provides comprehensive services including leasing, capital markets, facility management, project management, property management, and consulting to diverse clients. JLL India is recognized for its expertise in delivering end-to-end real estate solutions, sustainability initiatives, and technological innovation in the real estate sector.
https://maxestates.in/
+ 91 11 40600000
New Delhi | India
Established in 2016, Max Estates Ltd is the real estate arm of Max Group, with the vision to bring the Group’s values of Sevabhav, Excellence and Credibility to the Indian real estate sector. The mission of Max Estates is to offer spaces for residential and commercial use with the utmost attention to detail, design and lifestyle.
Currently our portfolio consists of one residential community of luxury villas, 3 commercial office properties in NCR that brought in the concept of WorkWell to India.
http://www.pwc.com
+91 91 79 3091 7000
Mumbai | India
At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 2,36,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com In India, PwC has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. For more information about PwC India’s service offerings, visit www.pwc.com/in PwC refers to the PwC International network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate, independent and distinct legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.
https://www.silagroup.co.in/
8657562730
Mumbai | Maharashtra | India
SILA is a Real Estate Platform. Over the last decade, SILA has scaled efficiently, managing over 65 million sqft. of assets with over 6000 employees, pan India. SILA provides Facility Management, Project Management/Advisory and General Contracting services to various sectors.
In 2019, SILA ventured into Real Estate development, with a Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) focus., currently constructing over 500,000 sqft.
SILA is backed by Samara Capital Group and Norwest Venture Partners.
https://www.amsshardul.com/
+91 11 4159 0700
New Delhi | India
Founded on a century of legal achievements, we are one of India’s leading full service law firms. Our mission is to enable business by providing solutions as trusted advisors through excellence, responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration. We are known globally for our integrated approach. Our 600+ lawyers including 116 partners provide exceptional services across practice areas which include General Corporate, Merger & Acquisition, Private Equity, Banking & Finance, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Competition Law, Dispute Resolution, Projects & Project Finance, Capital Markets, Tax, and Intellectual Property. Helming major headline transactions and litigation across industries, we advise leading multinational corporations on their India entry and legal strategy impacting their business. We have offices in seven cities across India - New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram, Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.
https://www.tatarealty.in/
+91 22 6661 4444
Mumbai | India
Tata Group forayed into the real estate business over 35 years ago. Tata Housing was formed in 1984 and Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited in 2007. The two companies were consolidated in 2018. TRIL has a strong presence across segments in 15 cities. Cumulatively, the company has a total of 53 projects (delivered & under construction), residential spaces of over 20 million sq ft, Commercial spaces of around 12 million square feet, Retail spaces of about 1.3 million square feet.
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