Anckur Srivasttava
Chairman
Anckur is widely regarded as one of the most experienced and senior personalities within Indian real estate market. He has over seventeen years of real estate consulting, transactions and corporate-finance advisory experience with several corporate, developer and investor clients from across the globe.
As Chairman of GenReal Property Advisers, Anckur mentors the executive team in management matters and ensures that the fast-growing GenReal platform continues to build upon its strategic vision and direction. In an executive capacity, Anckur's hands-on involvement has resulted in GenReal successfully delivering on innovatively structured real estate financing transactions for landmark residential, commercial and industrial assets in leading Indian cities.
In his last assignment, Anckur Srivasttava was as the Founding Managing Director and Country Head of DTZ, India. At the age of 32, he took charge of the firm's operations in the South-Asia region and was recognised as one of the youngest leaders within DTZ's global business as well as Asia-Pac Management Team. His responsibilities included advising leading international occupiers (including IT majors and retailers) and institutional investors active in the Indian subcontinent. Within three years of commencing operations, Anckur grew DTZ's Indian subsidiary to a 170-plus member operation across six major cities.
His diverse experience includes pioneering advisory and structuring work on some of the largest IT infrastructure parks, SEZs, townships and other categories of real estate investments across all metros and other major Indian cities. He has also worked in Singapore and UK and has been involved with advisory, transaction and investment assignments across the South / South-east Asian markets.
Anckur started his career in the Real Estate Research, Consulting and Valuation team with Richard Ellis, India (now CBRE). He subsequently moved into the Property Capital Markets arena with Jones Lang LaSalle where he was the founding member of JLL's Capital Markets Group in Singapore and India.
Prior to his post-graduate studies, Anckur worked for over three years as an entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector. Subsequently, he trained with SHCIL in Indian capital markets.
Anckur has a Masters Degree in Finance and Control from Delhi University and an undergraduate Physics degree from the same institution. In recognition of his achievements, the Department of Financial Studies, Delhi University has conferred him with their highest student distinction - a "Distinguished Alumnus" award.
Prashant Kaura
Founder and Director
Prashant Kaura in his previous roles was Associate Director with the Occupational and Development Markets team of DTZ India; heading the Land and Building Advisory team in India.
His responsibility involved managing landlord representation assignments besides the land and building vertical while assisting in corporate and retail leasing. With over ten years of experience; Prashant has diverse working knowledge in IT; Insurance and Real Estate industry.
Before joining DTZ; Prashant set up the Land and Investment team at Colliers International in North India. He was head of the Agency business for North India, based in Delhi, which included residential and commercial transactions before starting the new business line. In the Agency team, Prashant serviced several international firm's real estate requirements namely, Sapient Corporation, Equant (now Orange Solutions), UCB, Hutch, Honeywell, Autodesk, Lockheed Martin, IKEA and GE.
Prashant has managed over one million sq ft of corporate leasing along with closing land deals in excess of US $ 300 million across India. His team has transacted land acquisition, joint development or joint venture assignments for hospitality, warehousing, industrial and international developer clients across India.
He has very good relationships with land owners, developers and investors across India with the ability to source, acquire and convert land and buildings are per buyer/ investor's requirements.
Prashant closed some of the largest group corporate insurance in the government sector in the North India market at Max Newyorklife Insurance. He was responsible for setting up the North India team for group insurance growing to Key Accounts Manager (Pan India) in the same department.
Prashant is an M.B.A. in International Business & marketing from N.M.I.M.S (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) Mumbai and has a degree in Commerce from University of Delhi
