K Raheja Corp Investment Managers Private Limited
(Formerly Known as K Raheja Corp Investment Managers LLP)

Deepak Ghaisas is an Independent Director and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Manager. He is also the Chairman of Gencoval Group of Companies. He is currently Chairperson on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology & Design, Jabalpur and also of IIT, Gwalior.

He is Director on the Board of Stemade Biotech Private Limited. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Bombay. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, Company Secretary, and an alumnus of London Business School.

Manisha Girotra is Chief Executive Officer of Moelis & Company in India. She was previously Chairperson and Country Head for UBS in India, with a career spanning 33 years with UBS in London, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Delhi and with Moelis in India. Manisha has advised over US$ 500 Bn of mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt fund raisings through her career. She has done capital raising and advisory work for real estate companies as well.

Manisha is on the Global Board of Naspers and Prosus, a US$ 200 billion market cap technology investor, Ashok Leyland Limited, Mindspace Business Parks REIT and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Limited. In addition, Manisha is on the Boards of Central Square Foundation and Neurology Foundation. Manisha is also a mentor for working women and aspiring working women at 'Aspire For Her' a start-up wanting to put 1 million women into the workforce by 2025.

Manisha represents the banking industry's viewpoint on several panels of SEBI, CII, FICCI and other industry associations. Her contributions have been widely recognized through industry accolades by being named as one of the '50 Women to Watch' by The Wall Street Journal and being nominated in the 'Top 50 Women in Business' by Forbes & Fortune and being named 'Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India' by Business Today.

Manisha graduated in Economics from St Stephen's College, Delhi and was awarded the Dr. Manmohan Singh Gold Medal for academic excellence for her Master’s Degree from the Delhi School of Economics.

Bobby Parikh is the Founder of Bobby Parikh Associates, a boutique firm providing strategic tax and regulatory advisory services. He works extensively with private equity funds, other institutional investors, owners and managers of businesses as well as regulators and policy formulators. Bobby has provided tax and regulatory advice to investors and developers in the real estate industry on transactions across asset classes including commercial and residential real estate, malls, hotels, warehousing and data centres. Furthermore, he has also provided tax and regulatory advice on structuring and implementing REITs and InViTs. Bobby has been co-founder of BMR Advisors, former CEO of Ernst & Young in India and Country Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen.

He has been member of a number of trade and business associations, and Board member of listed and unlisted Indian companies as well as not-for-profit organizations. He is a graduate in commerce from the University of Mumbai and a Chartered Accountant.

Manish Kejriwal is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital, a private equity firm. In 2004, Manish founded the India office of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., where he headed all its investments and other activities. Before that, he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company Inc. Manish received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University (Baker Scholar).

Manish is currently a member on the Board of various Kedaara investee companies/entities and various Bajaj group companies. Over the years he has been on the Boards of various portfolio companies: Temasek Holdings Advisors India, Parksons Packaging, ICICI Onesource, Bharti Infratel, Fullerton Financial Holdings and Fullerton India Credit Company. Separately he was the lead independent director at Bharti Airtel Limited and served a full 10-year period.

He is a founder trustee of Ashoka University and a former member of the Harvard Alumni Board. Manish is the Co-chair of the CII National Committee on Private Equity and Venture Capital and was also a member of the Alternative Investments Policy Advisory Committee, constituted by the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Mr. Akshaykumar Chudasama holds a degree in Bachelors of Arts (BA) from St. Xavier’s College (University of Bombay) and LLB from the London School of Economics (University of London), UK. He is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, and as a Solicitor with the Law Society (England and Wales). He is also a member of the Bombay Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and Young Presidents’ Organization.

Mr. Chudasama, a seasoned legal professional with over 3 decades years of experience, has been practicing law since 1994. He is the Managing Partner of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. and heads the firm’s practice in the Mumbai Region. Renowned for his expertise in cross-border mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions, he has advised clients across a range of sectors.

Ravi Raheja is the Group President of K Raheja Corp, India’s leading real-estate conglomerate with over four decades of excellence panning across office, residential, hospitality, malls and retail business. The group houses 3 listed entities with Shoppers Stop Ltd., Chalet Hotels Ltd. and Mindspace Business Parks REIT. With the endeavour to build ‘strong brands’ and ‘communities’, Ravi has guided the commercial office business to the build-and-hold model rather than build- and-sell, with a clear focus on global benchmarking.

Ravi has also played a prominent role in inking partnerships with leading institutional investors like Blackstone Group, GIC, JP Morgan and Brookfield.

An MBA from the London Business School and a respected name in India Inc., Ravi Raheja is the Member Engagement Officer of Young President’s Organization (YPO) and served as the Chairman (Mumbai chapter) at Indian Green Building Council. He led the signing of the memorandum of understanding with CII-Green Building Council to construct green buildings back in India 2007. Having made significant contributions to the Board of Trade, and the World Economic Forum. Ravi was conferred with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2020, for his efforts in the Energy, Real Estate, and Infrastructure domain, along with his brother, Mr.Neel Raheja.

A strategic thinker with an analytical bent of mind, and strong people management skills, Ravi’s focus is on driving the group’s strategic business decisions, with an emphasis on brand expansion and stakeholder management.

Neel Raheja is the Group President of K Raheja Corp, India’s leading real-estate conglomerate with over four decades of excellence panning across office, residential, hospitality, malls and retail business. The group houses 3 listed entities with Shoppers Stop Ltd., Chalet Hotels Ltd. and Mindspace Business Parks REIT. Neel has piloted the diversification of the Group and is known for his business acumen and understanding of the ecosystem in both global and local markets. He has ushered the malls and department stores format in India. Inorbit Malls, Crossword Bookstore and Shoppers Stop are the culmination of his endeavor to bring organized retail into the country.

Neel has played a prominent role in inking partnerships with leading institutional investors like Blackstone Group, GIC, JP Morgan and Brookfield.

An alumnus of the Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts (OPM Program), He presides as the Chairman of the CII-National Committee on Real Estate and Housing and the India Chapter of APREA (Asia Pacific Real Estate Association). Additionally, he holds the title of Vice President - West for NAREDCO India and is an Advisory Board Member of SCAI (Shopping Centres Association of India). He was part of the group formed by the Government of India to evaluate the Special Economic Zone policy and invited to be part of 'Champion of Change' by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. Neel was conferred with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2020, for his efforts in the Energy, Real Estate, and Infrastructure domain, along with his brother, Mr. Ravi Raheja.

Neel’s expertise lies in building growth through effective trouble shooting and leading through people management, virtues which are instrumental in fortifying the well-curated business empire.

An MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, Vinod, has had an illustrious career spanning 27 years with K Raheja Corp group. He currently holds the position as Managing Director and CEO for the Commercial Real Estate Business of K Raheja Corp group, steering the overarching operational and business development strategies for the group's expansive commercial portfolio. He is on the board of directors of K Raheja Corp Investment Managers Private Limited (Formerly known as K Raheja Investment Managers LLP), Investment Manger to Mindspace Business Parks REIT. Prior to this, Vinod held office as CEO of the Investment Manager of Mindspace Business Parks REIT. In this role, he spearheaded the development of Grade A commercial real estate assets across India. It was under his leadership that Mindspace Business Parks REIT successfully debuted on the Indian Stock Exchanges in 2020.

He has been instrumental in growing several businesses multifold, while overseeing the most significant developments of the group. Vinod has, during his tenure, pioneered the concept of landmark business districts, premium residential and retail complexes, which have become benchmarks in Indian real estate. He is a key member of the leadership team that has built the K Raheja Corp group into one of the most respected names in Indian real estate.

A fine example of his work philosophy has resulted in building brand ‘Mindspace’ – with the idea of establishing self-contained world-class business districts, across cities; a concept which has completely revolutionized the Commercial Real Estate Sector in India.

Business districts was prescient giving birth to a new-age philosophy of ‘live and work in India’. Another landmark project, conceptualized by Vinod, that redefined luxury living is the ultra-luxury residential complex, ‘Vivarea’ at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai. The residential complex now stands tall as an extraordinary approach to urban living, making it the beacon of premium residences. He has also played a vital part in the group’s initial move toward retail development, and played a key role in shaping the prominent shopping destination that is known to all as Inorbit Malls. Vinod is also a key voice on the FICCI Real Estate Committee, a congregation of top industry frontrunners, to drive policy changes in India.

Ramesh has over 25 years of experience across most facets of the real estate business. Prior to joining Mindspace Business Parks REIT, Ramesh has held positions such as CEO & Country Head of JLL India and CEO, India and MD, Market Development, Asia, of Colliers. In these roles, Ramesh was responsible for the overall direction, strategy and growth of these global professional services firms, in India.

Ramesh is the CEO and MD of K Raheja Corp Investment Manager Private Limited, Investment Manager to Mindspace Business Parks REIT, and is responsible for orchestrating the overall success and growth of the REIT by leveraging his strategic acumen, financial expertise, leadership skills and industry knowledge. Some of his responsibilities include strategic planning, financial management, portfolio management, investor relations, compliance, governance, team management, risk management, stakeholder engagement, market analysis, public relations, ESG initiatives and mergers and acquisitions of the REIT. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.