Colliers | Colliers appoints new Managing Director of Office Services for Gujarat

Industry expert, Viren Mehta, joins Colliers as Managing Director, Office Services | Gujarat.

GURGAON, AUGUST 2, 2021 - Leading diversified professional services and investment management firm Colliers (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) today announced that Viren Mehta has been appointed as the Managing Director, Office Services | Gujarat, effective immediately.
Based in Ahmedabad, Mehta will focus on business development and invest in key client relationships to deliver enduring value to our clients, while growing Colliers' business initiatives in Gujarat.

Reporting into Ramesh Nair, Chief Executive Officer | India & Managing Director, Market Development | Asia, Mehta will collaborate with other Office Services and service line stakeholders across India to drive exceptional results and maximise the potential of property to accelerate the success of our clients and our people.

Mehta brings with him more than 23 years of experience in the real estate and banking industries, where he focused on growing and establishing new businesses, implementing end-to-end transactions, as well as leading operations to drive productivity and maximise revenue. He also has an expertise in conceptualising and implementing successful strategies to acquire new accounts.

Mehta joins Colliers from JLL India, where he was City in-charge and Head of Transactions for Gujarat. Previously, he also assumed leadership roles at ING Vysya and Yes Bank, and took on various international assignments with the Equitorial Trust Bank in Nigeria.

Nair commented: "We are glad to have Viren join the Office Services team in India to lead the transactions business in Gujarat. Viren has been instrumental in implementing effective client strategies and best practices to drive exceptional results in the organisations he has served. With his enterprising spirit and impressive track record of driving transactions and establishing successful businesses, I am confident that Viren will be able to successfully position Colliers as the preferred partner of our clients and lead our industry into the future.”

Mehta commented: “ I am incredibly excited to be joining an enterprising company like Colliers. Gujarat is a market with immense potential to Colliers, and my immediate focus would be to build a successful platform to provide market-leading solutions to our clients and maximise the potential of property to accelerate their success.”

Over the years, Colliers has attracted numerous top talent from the real estate industry and has successfully positioned itself as the top choice for our clients and our people. Our industry-leaders, differentiated service offerings, as well as our focus on service excellence, have made Colliers the company of choice to our clients across various service lines.

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Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 67 countries, our more than 15,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert advice to real estate occupiers, owners and investors. For more than 25 years, our experienced leadership with significant insider ownership has delivered compound annual investment returns of almost 20% for shareholders. With annualized revenues of $3.0 billion ($3.3 billion including affiliates) and $40 billion of assets under management, we maximize the potential of property and accelerate the success of our clients and our people.

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Ramesh Nair

Chief Executive Officer | India

Managing Director, Market Development | Asia

Mumbai

Ramesh has over 24 years of experience in consulting across top-tier International Property Consultants (IPCs). As the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), India & Managing Director, Market Development, Asia, Ramesh drives Colliers India’s overall direction, strategy and growth. He is responsible for developing new client relationships, ensuring consistently superior levels of service delivery, and incubating new specializations. Having worked across diverse asset classes such as office, land, warehousing, industrial, retail, residential, data centers, and hotels advising leading domestic and multinational owners, investors, and occupiers, he aligns all business lines towards the firm’s strategy internally and externally.

He develops a country-wide growth plan, manages revenues, operating expenses, and profitability to drive results, identify trends, and take corrective action. Ramesh also creates our workforce to provide innovative future solutions and help clients define and deliver successful real estate projects of the highest quality. As Managing Director, Market Development, Asia, Ramesh uses his considerable industry experience to add value beyond the boundaries of India and develop services, expand client relationships, and attract other talented professionals to the company. Ramesh also serves on the Colliers Asia Executive Board.

Before joining Colliers, Ramesh served as the CEO & Country Head of JLL India, where he oversaw the work and outputs of ~12,000 professionals working across transactions, consulting, and annuity businesses. During his tenure, he successfully grew the company to record heights. Previously, Ramesh held other leadership positions at JLL, such as COO – India; MD - West India; South India Markets Head; India Head of Land; MD – Industrial; MD – Chennai; and MD – Hyderabad. Ramesh was one of the youngest International Directors and Country Heads of JLL globally. He has also been a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Board of JLL and the J8, a group of JLL’s eight most prominent countries in terms of profits and revenues globally amongst 80 countries.

Easily one of the most recognizable persons in real estate in India, Ramesh is one of the influential thought leaders in the Industry. He has written widely for prominent publications like the Times of India and Economic Times. He frequently appears on business shows across leading business channels such as CNBC.

A firm believer in the value of education, he has been a guest lecturer at prestigious institutes such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Kolkata, ISB Hyderabad, JBIMS, and SP Jain.

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