Raghav Gandhi
CEO
- Company:Africa Logistics Properties
Raghav Gandhi
CEO
Raghav is the Chief Executive Officer for Africa Logistics Properties and is in charge of the strategic direction as well as the management of the organization. He is an experienced real-estate professional with a proven track record of delivering results globally across asset classes.
He has been working in Kenya since 2020 when he arrived to establish Africa’s first real estate investment trusts (REITs), dedicated to purpose-built student accommodation. He subsequently managed the REITs, raising equity capital of approximately $50mn from a development finance institution and local institutional investors. He was also responsible for securing $100mn in debt from banks and through Kenya’s first green bond.
Previously, he has jointly led the growth of a major commercial real estate start-up venture in India and headed the development of projects across the MENA region for a major real estate developer in Kuwait, where he was also responsible for optimizing returns from a number of underperforming investments. He subsequently established his own consulting practice, which advised GCC families and corporates on real estate transactions and projects in the UK and the Middle East.
Raghav holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Sciences in Economics from the London School of Economics.