ABOUT US

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 and JP Morgan. 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. Additionally, he holds the title of Vice President - West for NAREDCO India and is an Advisory Board Member of SCAI. The Government of India entrusted him to propose revisions to the Special Economic Zone policy and he was a part of 'Champion of Change' by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. He was conferred with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2020, for his efforts in the Energy, Real Estate, and Infrastructure domain. 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.

Sunil Hingorani is the Director and Group CFO at K Raheja Corp, one of India’s leading real estate companies. Backed with 34 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking and Strategy, he has worked in diverse sectors ranging Financial Services, FMCG and Real Estate. Sunil has been associated with K Raheja Corp for over 19 years, and in the capacity of Finance Head, has successfully led the Group’s private and public equity capital raises, debt funding and acquisitions. He steers strategic initiatives of the Group across the real estate, retail and hospitality businesses, and has played a significant role in fortifying the groups’ relationships with financial institutions across public and private sectors. He was also instrumental in structuring one of India's first successful AAA rated Commercial Office spaces CMBS (Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities). Sunil has been actively involved in the evolution of Regulations for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), working closely with SEBI and other Industry Associations to enable the successful roll out of REITs & InvITs in India. Sunil started his career as an Investment Banker with J M Financial and has also been associated with Nirma Ltd. as Head of Treasury. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nagpur University. A strategic leader with an analytical bent of mind, Sunil plays a pivotal in instilling a financial mindset across business units, alongside driving group strategy and facilitating business growth.

In a career spanning over two decades, Rajneesh has held key leadership roles in the retail sector, garnering a multi-functional experience across verticals such as operations, management, consulting, expansion, customer service, leasing, and the running of shopping malls. He was appointed as the CEO of Inorbit Malls in 2017 and has since helped inculcate and build a strong company culture while strengthening internal processes to build a healthy professional environment. Both his hard work and vision to create the best customer-centric mall business in the country, were validated with Inorbit Malls being certified by the Great Place To Work® every year from 2018. Inorbit Malls is today known as a dominant player in the industry having won multiple international and national awards for best practices. Rajneesh started his professional journey in 2000 with Barista, where he led the Western region operations, running 52 stores in seven cities. In two years, on the back of a sharp business acumen, leadership skills and efficient people management, he rose through the ranks to become the National Head, scaling Barista to 100 stores across the country. He then joined the consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield in 2004 as an Executive Director and single-handedly built the most respected retail consulting in the country. His association with Inorbit Malls dates to 2009 when he headed the leasing team crafting remarkable strategies to course-correct the Malad and Hyderabad malls. His hands-on approach across all aspects of a mall, be it optimization of space or creating the right ambience for customers, led him to spearhead business development and operations as he fostered a strong customer-centric culture in the team. He was appointed COO in January 2014 and took over as CEO a year later. A well-respected name in the industry, Rajneesh has won a plethora of awards including the ‘Most Admired Shopping Center Professional - West’. He has also been a prominent speaker at some of the prestigious national and international retail forums. Rajneesh has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the ICFAI Business School. He lives in Mumbai and enjoys traveling and reading.