Our Management Team the people who form Nexus
Michael Holland
Non-Executive Independent Director
Michael Holland is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a master’s degree in Property Development (Project Management) from the South Bank University, London, a bachelor’s degree in Building Surveying from the Thames Polytechnic and is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He has over 23 years of work experience in the commercial real estate sector in Asia and Europe. He has previously worked as the chief executive officer of Embassy Office Parks Management Services Private Limited (i.e. the manager of the Embassy Office Parks Real Estate Investment Trust) and the chief executive officer of Assetz Property Group. He founded the JLW India/Jones Lang LaSalle India business and has served as its country manager and managing director from 1998 to 2002.
Sadashiv S. Rao
Non-Executive Independent Director
Sadashiv S. Rao is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has over 32 years of work experience. He has previously worked with IDFC Limited as its chief risk officer. He was the founding chief executive officer of NIIF Infrastructure Finance Limited (formerly IDFC Infrastructure Finance Limited). He is currently a director on the board of YES Bank Limited. He has previously been a director on the board of Indraprastha Gas Limited, Sharekhan Limited, Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited, and several IDFC group companies including IDFC Alternatives Limited.
Alpana Parida
Non-Executive Independent Director
Alpana Parida is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Manager. She holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from the University of Delhi and a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has over 20 years of work experience in the retail, luxury, branding and design sector. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Tiivra Ventures Private Limited. She has served as the managing director of DMA Yellow Works Limited. She has also been associated with Titan Industries Limited. Previously, she has also been on the board of SH Kelkar and Company Limited and Prime Research and Advisory Limited and presently serves as a director on the board of various companies including Nestle India Limited, FSN E-Commerce Ventures Limited, Prime Securities Limited, COSMO Films Limited, and Brilloca Limited.
Jayesh Merchant
Non-Executive Independent Director
Jayesh Merchant is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, University of Bombay and a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Mumbai. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has over 35 years of work experience. He has previously been associated with Castrol India Limited as an assistant company secretary, Ion Exchange (India) Limited, where his last held position was group vice president—finance, UTV Software Communications Limited and retired from Asian Paints Limited with 17 years of experience, where his last held position was chief financial officer and company secretary, president— industrial JVs.
Tuhin Parikh
Chairman and Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Tuhin Parikh is the Chairman and Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Mumbai University and a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was on the board of directors of TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited from 2002 to 2007. He has been employed by Blackstone Advisors India Private Limited since January 15, 2007 and is currently the senior managing director and head of real estate in India. He is a non-executive director on the board of Embassy Office Parks Management Services Private Limited (i.e. the manager of Embassy Office Parks Real Estate Investment Trust).
Asheesh Mohta
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Asheesh Mohta is a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University of Calcutta and has completed a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has been employed by Blackstone Advisors India Private Limited since February 1, 2007 and is currently the senior managing director and head of real estate acquisitions in India.
Arjun Sharma
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Arjun Sharma is a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Delhi. He is the chairman and director of SIPL, the chairman and the managing director of Select Holiday Resorts Private Limited and an independent director on the board of Sandhar Technologies Limited (a public listed company). He has led businesses including two resorts i.e., Heritage Village Resort & Spa Manesar, Gurgaon and Heritage Village Resort & Spa, Goa and is a partner of Vardan Agrotech LLP. He has been a council member of the World Travel & Tourism Council, India Initiative (“WTTCII”) since its inception in the year 2000 and served as the chairman of WTTCII for the year 2010. He has also served as the chairman of Le Passage to India Tours and Travels Private Limited.
Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and
the Chief Executive Officer
Dalip Sehgal is an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. During his employment of over four years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in arts and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Delhi. He has around four decades of work experience. He was the chief executive officer of WRPL from February 20, 2018 to April 1, 2022. He has previously been associated with inter alia, WRPL as its chief executive officer, Hindustan Lever Limited as an executive director, Godrej Hershey Foods & Beverage Limited as its managing director & chief executive officer and Graviss Holdings Private Limited (part of the Graviss Group which owns and manages food and beverage retail units and hotels in India) as its managing director.
Dalip Sehgal
Executive director
and
the Chief Executive Officer
Dalip Sehgal is a Non-Independent Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. During his employment of over five years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in arts and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Delhi. He has over four decades of work experience. He was the chief executive officer of WRPL from February 20, 2018 to April 1, 2022. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, WRPL as its chief executive officer, Hindustan Lever Limited as an executive director, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, Godrej Hershey Foods & Beverage Limited as its managing director & chief executive officer and Graviss Holdings Private Limited (part of the Graviss Group which owns and manages food and beverage retail units and hotels in India) as its managing director.
Jayen Naik
Chief Operations Officer
Jayen Naik is the Chief Operations Officer of the Manager. During his employment of over six years collectively with RMPL (which has since merged with EDPL) and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from St. Xavier’s College, Gujarat and a master’s degree in business administration from B.K. School of Business Management, Gujarat. He has over two decades of work experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, Adani Retail Limited as head-operations, Aditya Birla Group as general manager-operations, Vadilal Industries Limited as assistant manager-export division.
Rajesh Deo
Chief Financial Officer
Rajesh Deo is the Chief Financial Officer of the Manager. During his employment of a period of approximately seven years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the Utkal University and has completed Indian School of Business and National University of Singapore’s Business School’s general management programme for Asia. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 20 years of work experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, WRPL as its chief finance officer and Microsoft Corporation (India) Private Limited as a controller and Nokia India Private Limited as a business controller.
Nirzar Jain
Chief Leasing Officer
Nirzar Jain is the Chief Leasing Officer of the Manager. During his employment of over six years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a diploma in hotel management & catering technology from the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, New Delhi. He has completed a senior management program from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He has over 24 years of work experience and has been responsible for managing over 22 urban consumption centres during this time. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, Inorbit Malls (India) Private Limited as senior manager–operations, Kalpataru Retail Ventures Private Limited as assistant general manager Malls, Oberoi Realty (Kingston Property Services Ltd) as vice president-mall and Lake Shore India Management Private Limited as head-leasing, digital initiatives & research.
Nishank Joshi
Chief Marketing Officer
Nishank Joshi is the Chief Marketing Officer of the Manager. During his employment of over six years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Ramnarain Ruia College, a diploma in journalism from Somaiya Institute of Journalism & Mass Communication, a diploma in advertising & public relations from Wellingkar Institute of Management Development & Research and a master’s degree in marketing management from the University of Mumbai. He has over 22 years of work experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, Hindustan Construction Company Limited, Inorbit Malls (India) Private Limited as DGM–corporate communication, Pioneer Property Zone Services Private Limited as assistant vice president-marketing, K. Raheja Corporate Services Private Limited as general manager-marketing and Lake Shore India Management Private Limited as head-marketing.
Rohan Vaswani
Chief Human Resources Officer
Rohan Vaswani is the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Manager. During his employment of six years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Jai Hind College, a master’s degree in business administration from the Mumbai Educational Trust’s Asian Management Development Centre and has completed the quality management program at the National Institute of Information Technology, Mumbai. He has also been certified for brain-based coaching by NeuroLeadership Institute, Singapore. He has over 20 years of work experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, Planman Consultants India Limited as a consultant, in the human resource intelligence cell, GTL Limited, Sutherland Global Services Private Limited, K. Raheja Services Limited (K. Raheja Corp), Fun Multiplex Private Limited (Fun Cinemas) as general manager-human capital, Omkar Realtors & Developers Private Limited and Clearpack Group as group head–human resources. He has also been on the board of Clearpack India Private Limited, Clearpack Automation Private Limited, Shrink Packaging Systems Private Limited and Netfill Systems India Private Limited.
Nilesh Singh
Senior Vice President – ESG and Business Excellence
Nilesh Singh is the Vice President-ESG and Business Excellence of the Manager. During his employment of over six years collectively with WRPL and the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a diploma in hotel management & catering technology from the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, New Delhi and a post graduate diploma in business management from the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning. He has participated in an executive education programme from the Indian School of Business. He has over 20 years of work experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, Vamona Developers Private Limited as general manager – operations and Kalpataru Retail Ventures Private Limited assistant general manager-operations.
Pratik Dantara
Head – Investor Relations & Strategy
Pratik Dantara is the Head – Investor Relations and Strategy of the Manager. During his employment since January 2023 with the Manager, he has been involved in the management of our Portfolio Assets owned by the Sponsor Group since acquisition by our Sponsor Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 15 years of experience. He has previously been associated with, inter alia, S.R. Batliboi and Associates and Ernst & Young Private Limited as manager – transactions tax team, Godrej Industries Limited as deputy general manager – corporate strategy, Godrej Consumer Products Limited as associate vice president – mergers & acquisitions and investor relations.
Gautam Vaswani
Head - Business Development & Expansion
Gautam Vaswani is the Head – Business Development & Expansion with the Manager. He holds a Master’s degree in Marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.
He has over 28 years of experience across manufacturing, infrastructure, investment advisory, Retail and Real Estate industry. In his last assignment with JP Infra Realty Private Limited, he was leading their Corporate Development Department.
His experience spans across companies like Bank of America, Pioneer Property Zone and PSL Limited and LakeShore India amongst a few e-commerce startups. His expertise lies in project evaluation, negotiation and turnaround of assets in retail centric developments.
