Mr. Amit Ramani is the Founder & CEO of Awfis Space Solutions which is India’s largest shared workspace company with 40,000 seats across 75 centres in 11 cities in India. He started Awfis Space Solutions with the vision of revolutionizing the office space delivery ecosystem in India through technology – backed just in time solutions.

He is also the Vice-Chairman & Strategic Advisor of NCUBE India which is a leading group in Asia providing design and real estate consulting services with resources of over 120 people and 3 locations in Asia.

Prior to his current role Mr. Ramani was the COO of NELSON Global leading 37 global locations and over 600 people leading the group to be recognized as the one of the top five global design firms. He has over eighteen years of experience in areas of master planning, strategic planning, design management, workplace and business process improvement, six-sigma based strategies and facility planning.

Mr. Ramani’s strong background has allowed him to provide innovative and complex project services to multinational corporations such as Astra Zeneca, Duke Energy, Bank of America, AT&T, Marsh McLennan, Bristol Myer-Squibb, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Toyota. Prior to joining NELSON, he has worked with organizations such as HOK Consulting, Toyota Motor Sales and The Environments Group.

Mr. Ramani is the member of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) Delhi Chapter which is a group of top 200 business leaders and owners in the community. He has been an active member of the International Facilities Management Association CoreNet for eight years, and serves on the board for the latter’s Charlotte Chapter. His work has been published in the Journal of Corporate Real Estate and he has been a frequent speaker to industry forums such as CoreNet Global Summit on topics ranging from real estate strategy to developing effective work environments. He is also an active member of RICS and NASSCOM. His contribution to the field of real estate and facility planning has made him the recipient of the prestigious IFMA foundation award three years in a row. He has also been a guest lecturer at Cornell University, New York University and Texas A&M.