Fund Manager

Balaji Rao

He has three decades of experience working as a developer, banker, and fund manager in the real estate industry and has performed all tasks throughout the project life cycle. He is a Chartered Accountant with Rank, an IIM Calcutta MBA graduate, and a Fellow member of RICS. He began his real estate career with the Raheja Group, where he oversaw the sales and marketing efforts for all of the group’s national projects. He then started the mortgage business at Standard Chartered Bank before moving on to ANZ Grindlays Bank to lead the property vertical. When he created TCG’s Real estate platform in the new century, he was one of the pioneers for the PE sector. After that, he went on to serve on the Sun-Apollo Fund’s Investment Committee and lead Starwood Capital’s fund in India. His previous roles on the boards of L&T Realty Ltd. and L&T Seawoods Ltd. both included Independent Directorships. Approximately the course of his career, he has directed the development of over 10 million square feet of residential, commercial, and hotel space. He is now in charge of establishing and expanding the RE Fund platform at Axis Mutual Fund.