Chapter Leaders

BHUMESH GAUR
India Chapter Co-Chair, Gurgaon

Bhumesh is the Vice President of Global Real Estate for American Express, India. He has been with AmEx India since its inception in 1999 for over 19 years. With over 30 years experience in Corporate Real Estate (CRE) functions.

His responsibilities include managing all CRE functions such as Real Estate strategy & transaction services, Facility Management, Client Services, Critical Engineering, Design & Construction, Project Management, Workplace strategy, EHS & Sustainability.

SANJAY DUTT
India Chapter Co-Chair, Mumbai

Sanjay holds the responsibility of leading the India operations along with spearheading the growth strategy for other South Asian markets, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. He is involved in identifying & implementing new opportunities, improve organization’s efficiencies and strengthening C&W’s presence across verticals and markets. He is also responsible for assessing expansion opportunities in other emerging markets, thereby enabling integrated services and a larger scope of delivery to clients.

Sanjay Dutt has over 20 years of experience as a real estate professional and entrepreneur, is a well respected business leader in the Indian market and has held management positions at various firms including CB Richard Ellis and Jones Lang LaSalle. He was and is a key member of our India growth story and has been involved in some of our most innovative and high profile assignments. His experience in Transaction Advisory encompasses Land Acquisitions/Dispositions & JV’s and JD’s, Office, Retail, Residential services besides and Acquisition & Disposition of Income Generating Assets.

GEORGE McKAY
Program & Learning Director, Mumbai

George brings 25 years of senior commercial brokerage, account management, and project and facilities management experience.

During his 10 year tenure with Colliers, George has provided strategic management of all primary services for occupiers in Asia, including office tenant representation, project management, facilities management and sustainability services. As one of the most senior corporate occupier services professionals in Asia Pacific, George has a wide exposure to the industry, including close working relationships with organizations such as 3M, Adobe, Cummins, GE, Honeywell, Orange, Tyco, Verizon and others.

George is a key speaker at various prestigious national and international events. He is also actively involved in several CoreNet roles including :

• Marketing Chair for CoreNet Global, India Chapter
• Chair of the Host Committee, CoreNet Global Summit, Asia

JUGGY MARWAHA 
Program & Learning Director NCR, Bengaluru

Juggy Marwaha has recently joined as the South India – Managing Director. Juggy spearheads Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai businesses.

Prior to Jones Lang Lasalle, Juggy has been with RMZ Corp, leading the office development portfolio for the group over the last 12 years and has worked very closely with the leading Technology & BIFS (Banking, Insurance, Financial Sector) Companies of the world setting up shop and their off-shore centres in India over the past 11 years. Juggy has leased over 14 million sqt of Office Space with over 250 lease transactions. His last assignment before joining JLL was with Mantri Developers as President where he spent a a little over a year leading the commercial development business for the group.

He has been part of Corenet Global since the past 6 years and isa Member of the Corenet Asia Pacific Learning Programme and also a member of the India Chapter Committee of Corenet and is currently undergoing the MCR Programme (Masters in Corporate Real Estate) conducted by Corenet Global.

ANURAG BHATNAGAR
Program & Learning Director, NCR, Delhi

Anurag Bhatnagar is Head of Leasing & Tenant Relationship at Brookefield India Office Parks. He is responsible for leasing tenant retention and marketing of the 17 million sq.ft of assets under management in India. His last role was Head of Leasing at Hines India. Prior to that he has also worked for international property consulting firms like CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and DTZ.

Anurag has completed his MBA with dual specialization in marketing and finance and earned his Bachelor's degree from Sriram College of Commerce, Delhi University in 1996.

RAJESH MUTREJA 
Memberships Director, Mumbai

Over 39 years in large engineering and FMCG companies in India i.e. Larsen &Toubro Ltd., Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Experienced in Project Management, Facilities Maintenance, Supply Chain Operations and Corporate Real Estate functions. In recent years, worked as ‘Head of Project’ for the development of a new office campus for Unilever at Mumbai, comprising 600,000 sft of constructed area on a site of 12.5 acres.

Till mid of year 2013, was heading the Corporate Real Estate function for South Asia and executed a number of large proposals, for ‘monetisation’ of real estate assets. Since last year, Rajesh has been engaged as ‘Business Consultant-Global Real Estate’ for Unilever’s real estate activities worldwide and pursuing real estate proposals in several countries.

YOGESH SHEVADE 
Marketing and PR Director, Bengaluru

Yogesh completed his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the Datta Meghe College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, and Masters in Financial Services Management degree from the Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Investment Studies, University of Mumbai. Yogesh is a Deputy General Manager, Real Estate Development in Global Real Estate and Facilities Engineering department in John Deere India Pvt Ltd and is currently based out of Pune. Currently, he leads John Deere’s real estate activities in India and surrounding geographies.

With over 12 years experience in various aspects of Real Estate development like Construction & Development, Leasing, Projects and Construction Quality Control and Portfolio Management, Yogesh has worked with companies like Tata Housing, NCR Corp, DHL Express in diverse sectors like Manufacturing, Logistics, Residential & Commercial Real Estate Development and ATM bidding/roll outs.

KAMAL MEATTLE
Events Committee - Delhi NCR

Kamal Meattle, FRICS, CEO, Paharpur Business Centre (PBC) (www.pbcnet.com) - USGBC LEED Platinum retrofit, BEE 5 star, one of healthiest buildings (study by CPCB and Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute). Its indoor air quality (IAQ) meets ASHRAE standards.

Kamal did a TED talk on how to grow your own fresh air.PBC is ISO 9001, 14001, 22000, 50001, SA8000 and OHSAS 18001 certified with a commitment to UN Global Compact & WEP.

Kamal is a Trustee of The Climate Reality Project in India, founded by Al Gore, engaged in taking the climate message to 5,000 schools in Delhi, covering 1 million children.He is the Chairman of IGCC Northern Region, CII National committees on Environment, Climate Change, steering committee of IGBC, AEEE, etc.

He is a Former National President of IACC, IGCC, Board member of IIT, Delhi and ASSOCHAM.He has received “Ethics is Good Business" award from Dr.Abdul Kalam, a Lifetime Achievement Award by St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling and a Distinguished Alumni Award by MIT, USA.

ABDUL KHAN
Events Committee - Bengaluru

Center of Excellence : Theatre Lead for Capital programs in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

15 years industry experience in Corporate Real Estate. Strategic owner for the successful delivery of the Infrastructure Investments for Cisco. Delivery of more than 3 MSFT till date. Sustainability programs, Smart buildings, Smart and connected communities, LEED certifications, Labs and Data center, Portfolio optimization, Workspace planning and Designs etc amongst the expertise. A certified Project Management Professional, LEED Accredited Professional and graduating MCR in March 2014.

RAHUL ARORA
Events Committee - Bengaluru

Rahul is responsible for the development and execution of the tenant representation business for South India & Sri Lanka with over 8 years of experience. His specialized field of competence encompasses all facets of corporate real estate services for MNC & India Corporate that includes real estate acquisition, disposition, renewal, rent review / negotiation services besides structured consolidation or build-to-suits transactions.

Rahul joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2011 & brought 8 years of professional brokerage experience to C&W. He formerly was an Associate Director with CB Richard Ellis in Bangalore, where he completed more than 10 million square feet in leasing & sale transactions. He started his career with The Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore and was working as a Sales Manager for 3 years.

PRAVEEN VASUDEVA, MCR
Events Committee - Bengaluru

Versatile Corporate Real Estate Professional managing Strategic Capital Project Investments for Cisco in Asia Pacific & India Region .Well versed & resourceful in Work Place Strategies, Real Estate Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Facility Management, Project & Program Management.