Amit Grover
CEO - Adani Airport City Ltd. I Ex ED DLF | 30 Years in Real Estate I Harvard AMP
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I serve as the CEO – City Side Development at Adani Airport Holdings Limited. In this role, I lead teams driving the design, development, and business operations of 20 mn.sf of mixed-use real estate projects, constituting Hotels, Retail, Offices, and Convention Centres, across the cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati, Trivandrum, and Mangalore. With over 28 years of experience in commercial real estate, I have held significant positions at DLF Limited, Cushman & Wakefield, and Citibank CRE. Notably, I dedicated 21 years to DLF Limited. As a founding member of DLF’s rental business from 2003 to 2024, I was instrumental in expanding the business from 3 buildings totalling 0.5 mn.sf in Gurgaon to over 60 buildings across India, with 45 msf in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chandigarh, Noida & Kolkata. At DLF, I held key leadership roles, including, Executive Director, and Business Head of the Rental Business, National Director of Leasing and Building Operations. I also served on the board of rental asset companies in partnership with GIC Singapore. Before my tenure at DLF, I was a founding member of Cushman & Wakefield India, where I established the commercial real estate division in North India in 1997. Subsequently, I moved to Mumbai and contributed to Citibank’s Corporate Real Estate division. I am an active member of various industry bodies, including an ExComm member of ULI Global, and a member of the CII Real Estate Committee, RICS UK, and APREA. As a passionate advocate for real estate development, I profoundly understand urban architecture and sustainable development. I am committed to creating value through immersive human experiences in the real estate sector.
Career Timeline
- Adani Airport Holdings LtdCurrentFeb 2024–Present· 2 yrs 7 mos
- Chief Executive Officer, City Side Development, Airport BusinessCurrentFeb 2024–Present
- Mar 2003–Feb 2024· 20 yrs 11 mos
- Executive Director - Office Business2017–Feb 2024
- Executive Vice President, Head - Corporate Leasing & RetailApr 2011–Apr 2012
- Director - Office Leasing & Operations PAN IndiaApr 2011–Dec 2016
- Sr. V.P, Head - Corporate Leasing & RetailJun 2008–Apr 2011
- Vice President - DLF ComercialJun 2006–Jun 2008
- General Manager - Corporate Marketing & LeasingApr 2004–Jun 2006
- Sr. Manager - Corporate Marketing & LeasingMar 2003–Apr 2004
- Nov 1997–Mar 2003· 5 yrs 4 mos
- Team Lead, Corporate ServicesNov 1997–Mar 2003
- Jun 1996–Oct 1997· 1 yr 4 mos
- Sr. Marketing ExecutiveJun 1996–Oct 1997
Education
Advanced Management Program (AMP)
Harvard Business SchoolReal Estate Finance and Economics - Certificaition
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)MBA
Marketing
Apeejay School of Management, New DelhiBachelor of Commerce (Hons)
Accounting, Finance, Law, Commerce.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh CollegeScience and Engineering Drawing
Manav Bharti School, New Delhi