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SPEAKERS 2009 |
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ABHISHEK BANSAL
ED, Pacific Malls
Abhishek Bansal , Executive Director of Pacific Malls, established the Group's flagship shopping mall, Pacific Mall , a 500,000 sq. ft. development on the border of Delhi in Ghaziabad. With an experience of 5 years in construction of shopping centres, he is currently involved in developing in excess of 5 million sq.ft across major cities like Delhi, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Mathura etc. |
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AJIT JOSHI
MD & CEO, Infiniti Retail Ltd.
Ajit Joshi is the CEO of Infiniti Retail Ltd., a Tata-Woolworths venture in India. Ajit has a very rich experience in retailing in India. He was earlier Vice-President, Operations in Shoppers' Stop and has held senior positions in the hospitality industry as well before migrating to Australia. |
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ALOK GUPTA
Director, Café Coffee Day
A post graduate from IMT, Ghaziabad, Alok has a rich experience of 21 years that spans across different areas of business, be it strategy planning, operations, sales or marketing. He has also completed his Advanced Management Program from The Harvard Business School (2006). Alok Gupta is currently the Director, Café Coffee Day and his key responsibilities are to guide the Café Coffee Day team to reach 2000 stores in India in the next 4-5 years. Alok's philosophy of improving corporate decision making through advanced
industry knowledge will add a wealth of capabilities to the organization giving it the much required edge.
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AMAR AGRAWAL
Managing Director, SPA Group
Born in 1967 in Jaipur, Amar Agrawal is an industrial & systems engineer from the University of Southern California. He heads The Spa Group which launched Swarovski in India. Agrawal is now in the process of aggressive expansion in the business of luxury retail. These programs include the development of Lladró in India and the addition of other brands to The Spa Group portfolio. Current brand portfolio includes Lladro, Nao, Villeroy & Boch, Rosenthal, and a synthetic gemstones brand, Sprankel. |
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ANAND SUNDARAM
Chief Operating Officer - Operations, Phoenix Mills Limited
Anand has been mandated by The Phoenix Mills to launch, market and operate all their retail led real estate developments pan India which includes 14 million sq.ft. of retail-led mixed format iconic developments located in the heart of each of urban agglomerations. These include Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Lucknow, Agra and Bareilly.
Armed with a British MBA degree from the University of Durham, Anand has had long stints in hotel and auto-retailing companies and has specialized in service marketing.
His hobbies include soccer, dabbling in electronics and aero-modelling.
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ANUJ PURI
Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj
As Chairman & Country Head of Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, India's largest premier real estate service providers, Anuj Puri oversees a team of over 3000 staff in 10 cities across India. Anuj is responsible for overall direction, strategy and growth of the firm. With over 19 years of experience ranging from feasibility studies and program requirement derivation to fund and investor sourcing, Anuj has expertise in planning, undertaking demand assessment studies and transactional services including marketing strategies based on technical real estate market analysis. He is one of the most admired leaders in the Indian real estate industry. |
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APURVA GUPTA
Head-Retail, CBRE India
Apurva Gupta is the head for the Retail transactions business in India at CB Richard Ellis.
Apurva brings with him over 10 years of experience in Real Estate & the Corporate Property Services sector. He has successfully led businesses in property consulting, development management, valuations, and brokerage. He was the Head for the Retail & Leisure Advisory Vertical of Property Services Group in ICICI Bank Limited, the largest private banking corporation of India.
He has hands on experience in managing the Property Services business and understanding of the Retailing Industry markets across India.
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ARIF SHEIKH
COO - Malls, Ansal API
A Retail executive with 23 years of international retail experience with proven retail skills and track record of which last 15 years as Director / CEO / President of international retail chains and shopping centers.
Winner of Excellence in Leadership award from Global Retail Forum , and much acclaimed Dubai Shopping Festival best retail chain/CEO, 99 award, he has a history of steering business fundamentals that stimulate revenue and customer growth and consistently guided start ups to multi million dollar performers through unparalleled growth. A speaker on various retail forums in Indian and abroad with streak of retail articles and various publications, books on shopping mall and retail.
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ARJUN SHARMA
Director, Select CityWalk
Arjun is well known in the travel industry for his vision, business acumen, leadership skills, and passion for innovative ideas which continuously lead him to success.
After divesting from the family travel business under erstwhile name of SITA World Travels in 2002, Arjun rebuilt the family's business under the Select brand umbrella. Arjun along with his family and Aarone Group built and promoted Select CITYWALK. His vision was, "There is only one Harrods. It is not about how many malls you can make, it's about how well you can make them." It positioned Select CITYWALK as a serious shopper's delight with the sophistication of High Street Kensington and the energy of India.
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ASHESH AMIN
Head, ColorPlus
Ashesh Amin has been part of the international retail apparel and fashion industry for over 19 years working in various capacities for large global fashion houses all over the world. Having been based in the United States until 2007, his career has spanned various aspects of the industry including design, product development, production, sourcing, IT, retail operations and integrated supply chain. |
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