PropTiger.com strengthens senior leadership team

Sunil Mishra joins as Chief Business Officer, Rohit Hasteer as Chief Human Resources Officer and Neeraj Chaturvedi as Chief Marketing Officer

Co-founder Prashan Agarwal exits the company to pursue other entrepreneurial opportunities

Noida, May 30 2015: PropTiger.com, India’s only classifieds to transactions, one stop real estate digital platform, announced changes in its senior leadership team as it continues to build on its recent growth and expansion.

“As we embark upon our next phase of growth we need to have a strongly defined alignment of roles and responsibilities that will help drive speed and intensity of execution”, said Dhruv Agarwala, Co-founder & CEO.

Sunil Mishra has been named Chief Business Officer. In this position, he will lead the company’s new homes business including business development, sales and collections. Sunil will be based at the company’s Mumbai office. Sunil was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Karvy Private Wealth, the wealth management business of the Karvy Group, wherein he was instrumental in building up the wealth management and real estate broking businesses since inception. With over two decades of experience, Sunil has been in key leadership roles at Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications. He has also worked at WorldTel, a UK based private equity firm and KMPG Consulting. Sunil is an engineer with a PGDBM from IIM Bangalore.

Rohit Hasteer has joined as Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for all facets of the company’s human resources including talent acquisition and leadership development. Rohit will be based at the company’s headquarters in Noida. He brings extensive experience as an HR professional having worked with startups and fast growing businesses across multiple sectors. During his tenure of 5 years at MakeMyTrip, the company was ranked in the top 4 in the “India’s Best Companies to Work” study by Great Place to Work Institute, India & The Economic Times award three times in a row. Rohit has a B.Com (Hons.) degree from the Shri Ram College of Commerce and a PGDBM from IMT, Ghaziabad.

Neeraj Chaturvedi has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer. He will be responsible for building the company’s brand and leveraging its new acquisitions. Neeraj will be based at the company’s headquarters in Noida. He comes with eighteen years of work experience in general management and marketing both in India and abroad and has launched businesses and brands in FMCG, media and telecom. Prior to this, Chaturvedi headed the marketing team at the India Today Group and has previously worked at HT Media, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Administrative Services (TAS), Airtel and Xerox. He has a B. Sc (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, a PGDBM from IMT Ghaziabad and is a graduate of the INSEAD Leadership Programme for Senior Indian Executives.

Prashan Agarwal, Co-founder, has decided to pursue other entrepreneurial opportunities after more than 4 years with the company.

“I welcome Sunil, Rohit and Neeraj to the Proptiger.com team. They bring extensive experience in their respective functions and will provide the necessary leadership depth that will drive the next level of growth for PropTiger.com. These appointments will help us to consolidate our leadership position in the online real estate space and enable us to build on our strong track record of growth and execution”, said Dhruv Agarwala. “We acknowledge the contribution that Prashan has made to the company and we wish him the very best in his next endeavour”, added Agarwala.

“The online real estate business in India is growing at a very fast pace. Our promise of being a one-stop digital real estate platform for consumers and our unparalleled expertise in consummating transactions makes us ideally positioned to assume a leadership position in the space. In my role at PropTiger.com, I look forward to fuelling growth in revenues and providing consumers a world class service experience”, said Sunil Mishra.

“Having worked with several high growth organizations, helping them build their people management strategies, I am happy to be part of the dynamic team at PropTiger.com and will work together with the team in building the company into one of the best places to work”, said Rohit on his appointment as Chief Human Resources Officer.

“It is a very exciting time for online real estate portals and I have no doubt that we will redefine the industry and reduce the information asymmetry which exists in this sector. However, the customer problem extends beyond just information; the process of buying in itself is very tedious and unnerving for a customer. Thus with a full stack offering for customers, I believe PropTiger.com is in pole position to get their preference. So, I am very excited to be here at this juncture and am in the process of building the core marketing team and the extended team of media and creative agencies,” said Neeraj Chaturvedi.

Last month, PropTiger.com announced that it had joined forces with Makaan.com, making it India’s only comprehensive ‘classifieds to transactions’ one-stop digital real estate platform. In November 2014, News Corp took a 25% stake in Elara Technologies Pte Ltd, which owns PropTiger.com. Other key investors in Elara include SAIF Partners and Accel Partners. CCI Newswire