LEADERSHIP

Mr. Ravi PNC Menon is the Chairman of the Company. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, USA. He has sixteen years of experience in the field of construction and real estate development. He is responsible for developing the strategic vision of the Company, establishing the organisations’ goals and objectives, and directing the Company towards its fulfilment. He focuses on the overall functioning of the Company, in particular emphasising on product delivery, project execution, quality control, technology advancement, process and information technology and customer satisfaction.

He supervises the performance of various departments in the organisations such as Design and Engineering, Project Management, Sales and Marketing, Quality, Safety and Technology, Estimation, Cost Audit, Value Engineering, Landscaping, etc. He played a key role in the successful integration of pre-cast technology in our construction methodology. He plays an influential and prominent role in augmenting the product delivery levels of the Company, attainment of superior standards of quality, new product launches and customer relationship management.

Mr. Jagadish Nangineni has about twenty years of experience in the fields of real estate, consulting and technology. He is associated with SOBHA since 2009 in senior strategic & operational roles with deep understanding of the Company’s culture, people and processes. He was recently Deputy Managing Director, overseeing the operations of Ahmedabad, Chennai, Gurgaon and Pune regions. He established the business ground up at Gurgaon, one of the key markets for the Company. In the past year, he is actively involved in all facets of the Company’s business across India.

Prior to SOBHA Ltd, he worked with technology and management consulting firms. He holds a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay and PGDM from IIM Calcutta.

Mr. Nisanth M N, currently functioning as Regional Head Kerala, completed his B.Tech – Civil Engineering degree from Government Engineering College, Thrissur in 2002. He joined Sobha Limited in October 2002 and has been associated with the Company for the last 22 years. In his journey with SOBHA, Mr. Nisanth has displayed exceptional project execution skills, managing large teams in multiple projects. A quality-oriented professional, Mr. Nisanth M N was awarded the Best Project Execution Head in 2015 and became Area Head in 2016. He was promoted as Regional Head—Kerala in 2020.

In addition to his core competency in the field of Engineering and Technology, he is also having expertise in Business Development, Product Design and Development, Land purchase & Legal, Litigations & Court Proceedings, Customer Relations, Sales & Collections, Marketing, Facility Management, Human Resource Management, Statutory approvals, Liaison, Procurement, Commercial Mall Management & Leasing, Corporate Communication & Media and Public Relations.

He has contributed towards the growth of the Company’s business in Kerala over the last few years, with SOBHA now having a residential footprint in four cities – Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, and Thrissur. Mr. Nisanth M N will oversee SOBHA’s operations in Mumbai, Pune, and Gujarat, in addition to the Kerala region. With over twenty years of experience with the Company, Mr. Nisanth M N will be a key member in driving the Company’s growth objectives.

Mr. Subba Rao Amarthaluru, a Chartered Accountant with a distinguished 35-year career, has served on the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Committee and subsequently on the ICAI Accounting Standards Board. As Group CFO at GMR Group, he was instrumental in the company’s transformation into a premier infrastructure conglomerate, achieved through strategic initiatives such as IPOs, QIPs, and debt financing. His leadership extended to roles as Group CFO and Management Board member at RPG Group, as well as Managing Director at Sanamar Group. Currently, Mr. Amarthaluru serves as an Independent Director on five GMR Group companies, including GMR Airports Infrastructure Limited (formerly GMR Infrastructure Limited). He has also been a key participant in several Government of India initiatives focused on infrastructure financing.

Mr. Gopal B. Hosur is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer with a distinguished career spanning 36 years in public service. A 1990 batch IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre, he culminated his service as Inspector General of Police, Head of State Intelligence, Karnataka. Throughout his career, Mr. Hosur held pivotal positions both within and outside Karnataka, including IG- Police (Western Range), ACP (Bengaluru), and IG- Police, Home Guards, and Civil Defence (Bengaluru). He received the President of India’s medals for Meritorious Service (2001), Distinguished Service (2007), and Gallantry (2004, 2012). Post-retirement, he transitioned to corporate roles, serving as a corporate advisor to JSW Steel for five years and currently acting as an Independent Director at Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited, a listed company. He is also the CEO of Chinmaya Mission Hospital, a leading super-specialty healthcare facility in Bangalore. Additionally, he is a member of the Management Committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the President of the Karnataka Swimming Association.

Ms. Srivathsala is an Independent Director of the Company. She is an entrepreneur, strategic business advisor, financial planner, active angel investor and start-up expert. She is the founder of four organisations – Fintrans Investment Advisors, Wintrans Consultancy, Eleasee and Vandyam Prasada Foods. She is a mentor at Prahlad Kakkar’s Institute of Branding and Entrepreneurship, and IIT Bombay and Kharagpur. She guides students on financial planning and entrepreneurship. Besides this, she has conducted several training and awareness programmes on entrepreneurship and financial literacy for corporates, public and students. Ms. Srivathsala is a certified financial planner and an accounting technician from the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India. She holds a Master’s degree in Commerce from the Bangalore University.

Mr. Raman Mangalorkar has close to thirty years of industry, consulting, and private equity experience and worked across the globe on a wide range of strategic, operational and organization issues. He is an entrepreneur and currently running a health-tech startup in the life extension and age reversal space. His areas of expertise includes formulating business strategies, transforming supply chains, and managing large scale program implementations especially in the Retail and Consumer industries. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Limited and as the Managing Director of Highstreet Capital in the Private Equity space. He worked with A.T. Kearney as the Head of the Consumer and Retail Practice for Asia Pacific on a variety of projects around the world including in the USA, UK, Switzerland, Japan, Korea and South America. Before this, he was handling the Corporate Finance and Treasury functions with Federal Mogul in Detroit.

Mr. Raman Mangalorkar completed his Masters in Business Administration from Indiana University (Kelley School of Business) with specializations in Finance and MIS. He also has a Masters in Commerce from Bangalore University.