Ascendas India Trust appoints Sanjeev Dasgupta as assistant CEO

He brings with him 22 years of experience in corporate finance and related areas, of which the last 9 years have been in senior leadership roles in fund management and real estate industry.

Ascendas India Trust announced the appointment of Sanjeev Dasgupta as assistant chief executive officer.

Mr Dasgupta, 46, key responsibilities will include overseeing corporate development, finance, asset and investment management, and investor relations functions, according to an Ascendas India Trust report.

From 2009 to 2014, Mr Dasgupta was president of Real Estate at ICICI Venture, where he was responsible for real estate private equity investments. The company is one of India's leading fund managers. The real estate funds under management were approximately USD 600 million. From 2005 to 2009, Mr Dasgupta was managing director of Future Capital Holdings. He managed investments for the real estate private equity funds of approximately USD 430 million. From 2004, Mr Dasgupta worked with Epicenter Technologies as CFO and with Essar Group.