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PROFILE EXECUTIVE CONNECT REALTY QUEEN

Sangeeta Prasad, Group CEO, Runwal Group, has gone on to hold various leadership roles
across the top conglomerates of India. Starting her professional journey at Tata Steel, she worked
in multiple business roles over the 16 years at the company. Her last stint was at the Mahindra
Group where her last role was “MD & CEO, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited”, the listed
real estate vertical of the group. She was also a Member of the Group Executive Board and the
Co-Chair of the Group Diversity Council during her tenure at Mahindra Group.
Having done her Bachelor of Engineering from Jadavpur University and her post-graduate
Diploma in Management from IIM, Lucknow, Sangeeta’s prolific career has also seen her as a
speaker and a panelist at various events. She has addressed audiences at multiple editions of
the World Economic Forum at Davos, at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or ‘COP 21,’ in Paris, and at the
eighth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8) held in Beijing in 2017. A Chevening scholar, she has to her credit a General Management
Programme at INSEAD, Fountainbleu, and has also attended programmes at Harvard University. Her areas of interest include
quizzing, reading, travelling and music.

GO - GETTER
Ankush Kaul, Head - Sales & Marketing, Tribeca Developers is an experienced Sales Leader
with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate and services industry. Ankush comes
with diversified experience spread across the Indian real estate market, financial services and
hospitality. Prior to joining Tribeca, he has held multiple leadership roles at notable real estate
companies such as DLF, Ambience, M3M and Central Park where he has overseen sales in excess
of a billion dollars. Ankush is highly skilled in negotiation, distribution management, customer
service, account management, and strategic planning. He holds a degree in MBA focused in
Marketing from IMT Ghaziabad.

GROWTH STRATEGIST

Waqas Nakwa, Chief Executive Officer, AqarChain is the brain behind the inception of
AqarChain. He has been one of the key players in elevating the company to its present position,
due to his vision, foresight and business acumen.
Waqas leads the team in corporate strategic planning and overall execution but his main focus
continues to be on the growth strategies of the company. Waqas is an experienced professional
with a demonstrated history of working in the Internet industry. Skilled in E-commerce, Business
Development & Sales of ITES, and Entrepreneurship. Over the years he has worked in varied
industries from E-commerce, Banking, Telecom and Real Estate. His in-depth knowledge about
Real Estate, the Internet industry and the Blockchain sector gives him a cutting edge advantage
of planning and executing strategies that have taken the company to higher heights. Waqas holds a degree as Master of Business
Administration (MBA) focused in Finance and Engineering Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Cambrian college
of Applied Arts and Technology. He is an avid online gamer and also likes to read in his free time.

ASTUTE LEADER

Akilan Sankara, Managing Director, Zamil Steel India, is an additional responsibility to his current
position in Saudi Arabia as General Manager of Zamil Pre Engineered Buildings Company Ltd.,
Building Component Solutions LLC., and Zamil Structural Steel Company Ltd. Akilan brings 28 years
of wealthy experience and long association with Zamil Steel, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). His
outstanding contribution in various strategic and top leadership role includes managing diverse
business verticals such as Pre-Engineered Buildings, Sandwich Panels, Structural Steel, Pressure
Vessels, Transmission & Telecom Towers. Akilan’s business acumen, global industry connects,
dealing with major national and international customers and continual customer focus will
benefit Zamil Steel India to rise to the next level. His professional certifications include European
Engineer by FEANI-Brussels, Professional Engineer by Engineering Council of UK, Manager of
Quality & Organizational Excellence (CQM) and Quality Engineer (CQE) by American Society
of Quality (ASQ). Akilan is an active member of several renowned national & international associations like Institution of Engineers
(India), American Welding Society (AWS), American Society of Quality (ASQ), National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE,
USA), American Society of NDT (ASNT) and the Welding Institute (UK). Akilan graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and completed
his Master’s from NIT Trichy, specializing in Welding Engineering.

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