CapitaLand India Trust has appointed Gauri Shankar Nagabhushanam as Chief Executive Officer (Designate) with effect from May 16. He has succeeded Sanjeev Dasgupta, the current Chief Executive Officer of CLINT. Nagabhushanam will assume the position of the CEO CLINT around August.

As CEO, Nagabhushanam is responsible for driving the growth of CLINT, Asia’s first India-focused property trust listed in Singapore.

Prior to this appointment, Nagabhushanam was Chief Executive Officer, India Business Park at CapitaLand Investment. He has over 20 years of experience in real estate private equity, fund management, corporate finance as well as corporate banking and advisory.

In his most recent role, Nagabhushanam was Head of Investments and Chief Financial Officer at Ascendas-Firstspace, where he helped set up and scale the industrial and logistics platform in India under the joint venture between CapitaLand and Firstspace.

Before joining Ascendas-Firstspace, Nagabhushanam worked in Singapore, where he managed Ascendas-Singbridge’s India private funds business. His previous stints include positions at Deloitte, TAIB Bank, and Samba Financial Group.