Abhijit has developed a compelling reputation for his turnaround strategies over his 23-year long career. His repertoire includes rich experience in Hospitality, Retail, Agriculture, & Real estate, and is accompanied by a nuanced understanding of Indian micromarkets. His track record is replete with simple, effective strategies that have enabled him to engineer the turnaround story of several companies - Jaypee, Sarovar, Dalmia Liberty, Lalit, & Machani, to name a few. An alumnus of RDVV, NUSAC, and IIM-C, Abhijit is an avid traveller & food enthusiast. Passionate about the environment & improvement of agricultural practices, he has travelled to over 1000 villages in India to facilitate sustainable changes among farming communities.

Adhirath Jalan serves as Director at Shekhawati Cred, a financial services company based in India. With expertise in credit and financial solutions, he plays a key role in driving the company's strategic initiatives and business development. His leadership focuses on expanding access to credit services and implementing innovative financial products. Jalan brings valuable experience in the Indian financial sector, contributing to Shekhawati Cred's growth and market presence through his strategic vision and industry knowledge.

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.

Aditya Bhargava serves as Head of APAC, Real Estate at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. In this strategic role, he oversees real estate investments and operations across the Asia-Pacific region for ADIA's diversified global portfolio. With extensive experience in international real estate markets, Bhargava brings deep expertise in commercial property investment, portfolio management, and regional market dynamics. His leadership contributes to ADIA's mission of achieving long-term investment returns while managing the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's excess oil revenues through prudent global asset allocation and real estate strategies.

Aditya holds a credential of developing 44-mn sq.ft of mixed use Real Estate portfolio incorporating the Best of Shopping Malls, Hospitality, Residential and Commercial Office spaces, Warehousing, Educational Institution and Healthcare. Raised funds to the tune of 250MnUsd+.

With a corporate career of heading a JV with “The Phoenix Mills Ltd” till 2016 and interesting stints in the entertainment industry like Red Chillies Entertainments, Aditya has several accomplishments to his credit. Having successfully completed the exit transaction of his food-tech E-commerce startup is presently identifying new investment proposals in varied sectors.

Ali has been instrumental to the company’s growth, having conceptualized and negotiated a joint venture for their landmark project, “The Residences at Marina Gate”, a 1,500 unit high-rise luxury waterfront development. His current focus is to identify and structure opportunities that leverage the core competencies and execution capabilities of the Group, providing the potential to obtain superior risk-adjusted returns. Through this approach, the Group has deployed substantial proprietary capital via on and off market transactions in the UK, Germany, and the UAE into varied strategies, from forward purchases / funding to ground-up development and complex multi-stage joint ventures across the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors.

With over 25years of corporate finance and investment fund management experience, I bring expertise spanning equity investments, asset finance, mergers and acquisitions, and REIT and business trust management. Have held a number of senior management positions, including being Executive Director and CEO of two Real Estate Investment Trusts investing in retail, logistics as well as the Executive Director & CEO of a investment trust investing in shipping fleet. Prior to being CEO of the investments funds, I was a member of APL Logistics’ global management team responsible for financial management, strategic business planning and mergers and acquisitions.

Ambar looks after the Asset Management business At Indiabulls. A Chartered Accountant, Ambar brings with him substantial deal-making and structuring experience in the Real Estate sector. Prior to joining Indiabulls AMC, Ambar was associated with JLL as Managing Director, where he successfully ran five businesses including Corporate Finance, Education, Healthcare and Social Housing, Special Development Initiatives and Infrastructure. He had worked with DTZ for over five years profitably leading the Investment Advisory business for India and set up the firm’s presence in West India for other service lines. His non real estate stints as an investment banker included IL&FS, Ambit Corporate Finance and KPMG”.

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.

Mr. Bakir Gandhi is duly recognized for his path-breaking, visionary and innovative contributions through his pioneering role as a real estate developer and corporate leader. Bakir seeks growth by investing in a variety of systematically identified business, making it a well-diversified conglomerate with interests in many different projects such as Crystal Mall (India’s 17 th Successfully operational Mall), Crystal City (Integrated Modern Township), Townships, Hospitality etc. Bakir is also developing Industrial & Logistic parks across India’s major city through its venture “Crystal Indus & Logistic Park”. Bakir has established value driven partnerships with global players like “Indospace” which has resulted in FDI.

Carlos Ortiz is Civil Engineer from the School of Engineering of Antioquia, with an MBA from Eafit University. Business Development Chief of the Medellín Metro, transportation and urban operator company in Colombia, where he has worked for 19 years. His main responsibilities are the identification and development of associated businesses around the Medellín mass transportation system, with scope to projects in Latin America. In his career, he led transport infrastructure projects, both in the structuring and construction phases, as well as in the real estate sector, leading several operations with public sector agencies and articulating with the private sector.

Daven Patel serves as Head of Investments - Special Situations Financing, Distressed Real Asset Turnarounds, and NPLs at Altus Capital Partners in Hong Kong. He specializes in complex investment situations, leading distressed asset restructuring and non-performing loan strategies across Asia-Pacific markets. Patel brings extensive experience in alternative investments, with particular expertise in identifying value creation opportunities in challenging market conditions. His role encompasses sourcing, structuring, and managing specialized investment solutions for institutional clients seeking exposure to distressed and special situation assets in the region.

AsheMorgan focuses on direct investment in a concentrated range of real estate asset classes. Our focus is specifically on commercial and mixed-use assets in metropolitan Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, investing in quality real estate with value-add opportunities. We currently have a A$4.0 billion investment and development pipeline and have completed A$10.0 billion in transactions, as a manager and co-investor with our partners. I joined AsheMorgan in mid-2020, bringing over 15 years’ experience in direct real estate investment, asset and funds management and financing in Australia and across Asia.

A Passionate Real Estate professional with maturity and presence to influence at Board Level and can drive strategic business development initiatives for profitable growth. Having over 28 years of startups, Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Logistics and Management experiences. Plan, guide, monitor & achieve customer management departmental goals in the line of company's strategic objective. And heading the unites of Sales, Branding, Revenue Collection, Customer Service and Business Development. 28 years of experienced professional in Real estate and contributed to cross functional activities during service period in most prestigious organizations in the country, like; Rangs Properties, Apan Real Estate, Borak Real Estate, Concord Group.

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 has extensive experience across real asset classes & investment strategies on a pan India basis. He has led transactions across Offices, Hotels, Retail, Residential & Warehousing assets. He has worked with marque investors, including global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, global insurance companies, development finance institutions and domestic funds. He has led multiple capital raises, cumulating to ~ US$ 1.5 billion + of funds raised for investments in India. As part of his ~17 years professional journey, Gaurav has the unique experience of being a part of leadership cadres at Godrej group (Godrej Leadership Forum) and Tata Group (Tata Administrative Services).

Harly is the Managing Director of Wellworth Properties, a real estate and property development company based in the Philippines and the Director for Business Development and Marketing at H.S. POW Construction and Development Corporation, a licensed “AAA” General Construction and General Engineering company with over 35 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining the family business, Harly gained corporate experience at the Philippines’ largest pharmaceutical company handling multiple projects and roles in Joint Ventures & Acquisitions, Business Development, Brand Management and New Business Ventures. Currently, she is the Co-Chair of ULYoung Leaders Board Philippines, and an active member of Entrepreneur's Organization.

Harvey co-founded APLUS Property Investment Holdings (APIH) in 2015 and currently serves as the investment director. Prior to founding APIH, Harvey was the director of Investment Services for NAI Taiwan where he was engaged in cross border M&A and investment advisory projects in real estate and financial service industries. Additional experience include financial consulting at Deloitte Taiwan where he focused on investment advisory for leading domestic institutions and MNCs including Fortune 500 corporations. At APIH, Harvey is in charge of real estate investment analysis, deal acquisition, fund structure and financing, and asset disposition strategy.

Jai S Rupani is the CIO and Principal of Dinesh Hinduja Family Offices, where he leads the management of a diversified investment portfolio across real estate, equities, bonds, private equity, and venture capital. He also oversees strategic initiatives, including financial education and succession planning. Previously, Mr. Rupani was an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets, managing tech IPOs and M&A. He also served on the investment team at True North, a private equity firm, leading significant investments in companies like Meru Cabs and ACT Broadband. He holds a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Kevin has extensive real estate fund management and asset management experience, having worked on portfolios in Australia, United States of America and Mainland China, and across different asset class such as retail, industrial and office. Kevin joined Terraform Capital in March 2018, as Director of Funds Management, he oversees fund operations and develop new funds, investor relations and sourcing new real estate opportunities for new funds.

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.

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.

Luke Savage serves as VP of International Acquisitions for MPT the leading source of capital for hospitals in the United States, Australia, and Western Europe and the only U.S. healthcare REIT focusing exclusively on hospitals. He has been a part of MPT since 2007, serving in the Birmingham, AL corporate headquarters, the NY office, and has opened and is currently located in the company’s Luxembourg office. His responsibilities include leading the international acquisitions team, sourcing, due diligence and selection of investment opportunities as well as International Operations. During his career with MPT, the company’s portfolio has grown to almost 400 hospital properties in 8 countries, worth over $16 billion USD.

Marino Reginold's professional background includes his tenure as Director - Capital Partners at Elanor Investors Group, an ASX-listed Australian real estate funds management group. He has expertise in capital markets and investor relations, with a focus on raising capital from institutional and wholesale investors. His prior experience also encompasses investment banking roles at Macquarie Group and JP Morgan, contributing to his strong foundation in financial strategy and partnerships within the real estate investment sector.

After having worked in various roles in various origination and coverage teams, Dr. Mayank Kaul transitioned into a Managing Director role at Citi, being responsible for risk managing the company’s real estate lending portfolio across the Institutional and Private Bank businesses for APAC and EMEA. He brings to this role more than 17 years of expertise in real estate finance in the region as well as leveraging academic knowledge gained while pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in the area of debt financing for Asia Pacific REITs.

Neel Raheja began his odyssey with the family empire at the young age of 18. With a strong background in finance, Neel over the last 17 years, has piloted the diversification of the Group’s business from real estate development to retail and hospitality. He has been instrumental in setting up premium hotels in the country e.g The Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre, J W Marriott Hotel Juhu & Sahar, Whitefield Marriott, Bengaluru & Westin, Hyderabad. Neel also established the K Raheja Corp’s retail brands Shoppers Stop, Inorbit Mall, Crossword & HyperCity. Perceiving the need for intelligent work spaces, he then brought to life ‘Mindspace’ IT Parks across India currently present in Malad, Mumbai, HITEC City, Hyderabad & Airoli, Navi Mumbai.

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.

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.

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.

Rakesh is an Investment Director in the Credit team and joined AnaCap from Ernst & Young where he was a Senior Executive in the Transactions Advisory team focusing on corporate restructuring. He is a Chartered Accountant (FCCA & CA), a CFA charterholder and holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Cass Business School.

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.

Robert Wilson is chairman of Minett Prime Square, an independent advisory firm dedicated to the hospitality industry, and also serves as a non-executive director of GreenFort Capital, an alternative real estate specialist. Previously he was an executive director with Morgan Stanley Capital and president of Panorama Hospitality and based in both Tokyo and London. He has broad experience in hotel operations, investment and asset management in multiple regions and countries.

Sameer Nayar is Executive Vice President - Strategic Development at Oberoi Hotels & Resorts. He leads global strategy, hotel development, and market expansion. Drawing on nearly two decades in London's investment banking and corporate finance, Nayar provides extensive expertise. An MBA from the University of Michigan and a Chartered Accountant, he is crucial to Oberoi's strategic growth and innovation, expanding its global portfolio.

Samuel is an experienced investment professional, having gain knowledge in the real estate sector through investment banking, fund management and capital market roles. He has strong track record in funds development and investment management in Asia Pacific. Samuel is currently the Head of Capital Markets for Asia Pacific in DHL’s Real Estate Solutions business. His role involves developing strategic relationships with investors and driving the region’s acquisition and divestment strategy.

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.

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.

Sumit Nanda serves as Chairman of Golden State Capital, a Singapore-based investment firm. With extensive experience in capital markets and strategic investments, he leads the company's vision for identifying and nurturing high-potential opportunities across diverse sectors. Under his leadership, Golden State Capital has established itself as a key player in the regional investment landscape. Nanda brings decades of financial expertise and a proven track record in building successful investment portfolios. His strategic approach focuses on sustainable growth and value creation for stakeholders. He is recognized for his deep understanding of Asian markets and commitment to fostering innovation-driven enterprises that contribute to economic development in the region.

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.

Mr. Tiehu Liu was admitted to practice law in New York and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Prior to Gaw Capital Partners, Mr. Liu worked for Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong and Willkie Farr and Gallagher in New York. Mr. Liu received a Master of Law and a B.A. in Economics from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University and a juries doctorate from the University of Connecticut.

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 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.

President & Chief Executive Officer of Hana bank and Vice Chiarman of personal and Commercial Banking Division at HFG President & Chief Executive Officer of Hana Financial Investment Deputy President of HFG Vice President of Hana Bank(Chief Private Banking Group Officer, Senior Vice President of Private Customer Business).

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.