India Chapter Board

Professional qualification

• Adarsh is a Chartered Accountant

Professional experience

• He is an Assurance Partner with member firm of EY and has been with them for over 27 years.

• He is currently the India Region FAAS Leader & Sector Leader for Real Estate.

• Adarsh currently is also a Board Member with APREA (India Chapter)

Experience and competencies

• Adarsh has over 30 years of experience and has managed large portfolio of clients across various sectors with
  significant experience in Real Estate, Infrastructure & Industrial Products and Manufacturing sector clients.

• He is a regular column writer and also active in presenting technical & emerging issues at professional & industry
  bodies like FICCI, ICAI, CREDAI, Realty+ etc.

• He has assisted clients in working through public offerings, fund raise, REIT listing, regulatory reporting for listed
  companies, data analytics and risk-based auditing.

• His clientele has provided him a wide array of experience that he utilizes in advising his clients on business,
  operational and strategic initiatives

Amit Mathur is a senior investment professional at GIC Real Estate. As a founding member of the GIC RE investment management team in India, he has been deeply involved in driving the investment focus and strategy for India real estate. 

Amit has 22 years of experience in real estate development and investment management.  Prior to GIC, Amit has worked with Kotak Realty Fund, Ascendas, K Raheja Corp and Shapoorji Pallonji Group.  Amit has led some pioneering investments at GIC and earlier in his career.  

Amit is a Bachelor of Architecture with post-graduate qualifications in Management (MBA) from the University of Sheffield.

Mr. Amit Shetty is the Chief Executive Officer of Embassy REIT. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer at Embassy REIT responsible for the REIT’s leasing, capital projects, & operations functions. Amit brings over 20 years of experience in leading office leasing, asset sales, construction & operations management across India. Prior to joining Embassy REIT, Amit worked with Honeywell and CBRE where he held a variety of senior leadership roles and led some of the key corporate real estate developments in the country.

Ankur Gupta is Head of Asia Pacific and Middle East for Brookfield’s Real Estate Group. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all real estate activities in the region, including investments, portfolio management and new fund formation. He also has direct oversight of the South Asia sub-region.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2012, Mr. Gupta worked for a leading real estate development firm.

Mr. Gupta holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Asheesh Mohta is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Real Estate Acquisitions India, based in Mumbai. Since joining Blackstone in 2007, Mr. Mohta has been involved in analyzing real estate investments across the residential, commercial, and hospitality sectors.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mohta worked as Assistant Vice President with the real estate arm of The Chatterjee Group, one of the first private equity investors in India. He was responsible for the treasury and resource raising functions for the group across a pan-Indian portfolio of properties.

Mr. Mohta received a Bachelor’s of Commerce (honours) degree from the University of Calcutta and an MBA from the Indian School of Business.

Gautam qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 and had stints with two leading accounting and tax consultancy firms, which was followed by a long association of over 12 years with an independent practice founded by him. He joined PwC as a Partner in September 2003, and since then has held various roles including leading the India Tax and Regulatory practice between July 2015 and December 2020, prior to which he was leading the Tax and Regulatory practice in Western India and the Financial Services’ Tax and Regulatory group. He was also the Asset Management Sector leader for PwC in India. He presently leads the PwC global relationship for one of India’s largest conglomerates.

Over the years, Gautam has been working with multinational and domestic clients across a wide spectrum of services and has varied experience of over 30 years spanning multiple sectors.

Gautam is presently a member of SEBI’s Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee as well as of the SEBI HySec Committee dealing with REITs and InvITs. He is a Board member of the India Chapter of APREA, a regional Real Assets Industry Body and a member of the CII Committee on Private Equity. He has been a member of the American Chamber of Commerce, the National Direct Tax Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry, as well as of the Expert Advisory Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Gautam holds a postgraduate degree in law and financial management and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Hardik Shah (Mumbai) joined KKR in 2018 and is a Partner on the Asia-Pacific Infrastructure team. Mr. Shah is responsible for Infrastructure investments in South Asia. He began his career at Macquarie Group in Sydney, where he spent more than ten years across their Sydney and Mumbai offices and was involved in building their India infrastructure business. More recently, he led Brookfield’s India business and was responsible for building its team and presence. Mr. Shah has led ~USD5bn of transactions in India across various infrastructure sectors such as telecom towers, toll roads, airports, energy transportation and renewable energy. Mr. Shah holds a post graduate degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai) and is a CFA Charter holder.

Mr. Harsh Shah is the Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director on Board for IndiGrid, the largest listed yield platform for operational energy assets in India with majority interest held by KKR. He has an extensive track record of building large infrastructure platforms and raising private and public capital across infrastructure sector in India and global markets. He has been instrumental in building India's first power sector investment trust - India Grid Trust (IndiGrid), from concept to US $ 2 Bn listed platform working with regulators, investors and developers. He is also a member of the SEBI Advisory Committee for InvITs and REITs and chairs working group on InvITs and REITs at financial markets committee at CII.

Previously, Mr. Shah served as the Chief Financial Officer at Sterlite Power Transmission Limited. Prior to joining Sterlite, he has worked with Larsen & Toubro Limited, L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited and Procter & Gamble International Operations Pte. Limited.

Mr. Shah holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Nirma Institute of Technology, Gujarat University.

Radha is the CEO and Country Head of JLL, India’s largest commercial property services firm. JLL is a global professional services and investment management firm dedicated to helping clients create value by owning, occupying, developing, or investing in real estate.

Based in Mumbai, Radha drives JLL’s overall direction, strategy and growth in India, one of the most important real estate markets in the world. As a member of the firm’s Asia Pacific Executive Board and chairing the India Leadership Council, Radha commenced her journey with JLL in January 2021. A seasoned financial services executive with over 25 years’ experience in banking, Radha was previously the Group President at Yes Bank, where she headed Multinational Corporate Banking. Prior to that, she was Managing Director, Head of Global Subsidiary Coverage Group, Deutsche Bank India, and a member of the Deutsche Bank India Executive Committee.

She led a relationship management team serving both multinationals and India-based corporates. Having started as a graduate trainee in 1995, she took on positions of increasing responsibility and, in 2008, was the first woman and youngest Managing Director appointed at Deutsche Bank India. Radha is highly respected for her integrity, business acumen and for building strong and trusting relationships with colleagues and clients.

Radha is the vice chair of the ULI India Exco in India. She is also an active participant and contributor to various committees such as World Economic Forum, NAREDCO, CREDAI and CII.

Radha is a believer in living a balanced life with equal focus on work as well as physical and mental fitness. In 2018, Radha founded Ziptofitness, committed to the idea that fitness, good health, nutrition and happiness & success go hand in hand.

Radha is also passionate about building communities, infrastructure, responsible consumption, educating our nation and empowering our girls. An avid sports fan, Radha diligently follow cricket and tennis. She is trained Indian classical singer and her passion for music has led her to create a music YouTube channel as well.

As a distinguished leader in India’s real estate finance sector, Mr. Rohit Rathi has built a reputation for deep domain expertise, strategic vision, and sectoral innovation. Since joining ICICI Prudential AMC in February 2016, he has leveraged over twenty years of specialized experience navigating the complexities of real estate investments, project financing, and portfolio management.

Mr. Rathi’s leadership is defined by his hands-on approach to structuring high-value real estate deals, managing risk, and building robust relationships with developers, investors, and key stakeholders. He has orchestrated successful cycles in real estate markets by integrating advanced financial strategies and driving sustainable growth across diverse asset classes.

In his previous role as Zonal Head for Corporate Realty Finance at ICICI Bank, Mr. Rathi managed a developer finance portfolio for West covering Maharashtra and Gujarat. He worked directly with marquee projects and leading negotiations with major real estate players. His expertise extends to regulatory compliance, transaction due diligence, and innovative financing structures tailored to the evolving needs of the sector.

Earlier, as Regional Business Head for the NCR mortgage division, he pioneered customer-centric solutions and operational efficiencies, resulting in significant growth for the bank’s home loan business.

With an academic foundation as a rank-holder Chartered Accountant and holds Gold Medal for postgraduate degree in Commerce from Jodhpur University, Mr. Rathi combines technical proficiency with intuitive market acumen. His contributions continue to shape industry best practices and inspire excellence across India’s real estate finance landscape.

Hari is responsible for CPP Investments’ Real Estate investments in India and is based out of the Mumbai office. The Real Estate group in India focuses on investments alongside top tier partners in key sectors such as office, retail and industrial.

Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2014, Hari was at Kotak Investment Advisors which is the alternate assets arm of Kotak Bank. He was co- responsible for real estate funds business which had total assets under management of over USD 1Billion, contributed by SWFs and other global LPs. He started his career with CBRE and JLL in the corporate finance business.

Hari holds a MFin from University of Delhi, India and is Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK.