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PROFILE EXECUTIVE CONNECT Kanjanabha Bhattacharyya, MD & CEO, Putzmeister Concrete Machines Pvt Ltd, is responsible
GROWTH LEADER

for its Indian business. Kanjanabha comes with 13 years of business leadership experience,
he started his professional journey with Siemens (Division : Metals Technologies) across various
functions as Sales Management, Account Management, Product Management and Proposal
Engineering. Kanjanabha also worked with Boston Consulting Group as a management
consultant, and as President with Tega in an exciting strategy / transformation role. Kanjanabha’s
last role included successfully turning around the Indian business of Metso Outotec (then
Outotec) as President and Managing Director.
Kanjanabha is a Full-time MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) and a
Metallurgical engineering graduate from Jadavpur University, India. Kanjanabha graduated amongst the best and with distinction
throughout his academic career. Kanjanabha is a business leader specializing in growth and turnaround.

LUBE STAR

Prasad Vaze, Senior Director, Lubricants Business, Raj Petro Specialities Pvt Ltd., a Brenntag Group
company, leads the Industrial and Automotive lubricant business. Prasad is an impactful, self -
motivated business leader with more than 25 years of extensive experience in customer centric
roles with in depth working experience in B2C and B2B categories across urban, rural and metro
markets. Prasad’s key strengths are in profit centre management, Developing business strategy,
Developing a start up and leading in to material business, Leading a change through large teams,
marketing, logistics, demand management, planning and sales management.
Prasad has extensive knowledge in developing integrated business planning with scale up strategies
and implementing them. Prasad has consciously built talent and capability across organizations
and encouraged entrepreneurial thinking thru calibrated risk taking. Prasad is a performance biased
professional with a track record of consistent and sustainable delivery.

INDUSTRY VETERAN

Naveen Raina, Executive Director, Savills India, is an industry veteran with over 21 years of
experience in multi-disciplinary advisory and project management and has successfully
managed numerous marquee projects within office, retail, hospitality, industrial and residential
segments. In his previous role at JLL, he spearheaded the Project & Development Services
(PDS) business for the West and North region and was also instrumental in leading the retail PDS
business for the company. Prior to JLL, he worked with JMC Projects India Ltd and Bechtel Inc.
Naveen is a Civil Engineer and has a Master’s in Advanced Construction Management from
NICMAR.
At Savills India, Naveen will be heading the Design & Build practice, expanding client relationships, in addition to being a key
member of the Exec group for Project Management Services.

REALTY STAR

Ravi S Ahuja, Chief Operating Officer - Commercial (Office Space), Brigade Group, will
be in charge of sales, marketing, and strategic planning, as well as driving the company’s
commercial office business’s revenue growth and profitability. Ravi has more than 25 years of
real estate expertise in numerous leadership positions. He has performed strategic and general
management roles, as well as directed teams across multi-disciplinary asset classes. Ravi has
previously worked at L&T Realty, Colliers International, and Cushman & Wakefield. Ravi brings to
Brigade a solid understanding of commercial office markets and has been heavily involved in
occupier workplace initiatives, transactions, and real estate investments. He has collaborated
with real estate players such as occupiers, investors, developers, and the government. Ravi
graduated from Mumbai University with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Management
Studies.

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