Chief Executive Officer — Interim, Industrial Infrastructure Parks

The mandate

An investor acquired three industrial parks from a founder group, but the founder will not remain after closing. Utility completion, tenant commitments and land records differ materially across sites, leaving no ready steady-state CEO.

The interim must begin within four weeks for twenty-four months through integration, occupancy recovery and refinancing. A permanent search begins after common operations and tenant reporting run for two quarters, with three months for transition.

Handover requires stabilised occupancy above eighty-five per cent, all committed power and water capacity commissioned, unified land and tenant registers, ₹2,500 crore of long-term financing closed, and the successor chairing two boards.

The CEO may integrate teams, prioritise infrastructure and approve leases within return and credit limits. Land acquisition, leases deviating below hurdle, utility capital above ₹20 crore and asset disposals require investment approval; statutory authorities retain connection and development permissions.

Residential development, international expansion and unrelated logistics acquisitions are excluded. The mandate turns the purchased parks into one investable Indian industrial platform.

Why this seat is open

Founder departure at close removes relationship and decision continuity across tenants and authorities. The investor needs a builder who can expose inherited gaps before choosing permanent growth leadership. The two-year window allows physical utilities, leases and financing to mature together.

What you will own

• Reconcile land title, approvals, utilities, tenant obligations, receivables and capital commitments across three parks.
• Decide the infrastructure sequence using occupancy, safety, statutory and return evidence.
• Harmonise tenant lease, service, metering, escalation and credit governance.
• Recover occupancy through deliverable utility and handover commitments rather than speculative pre-leasing.
• Establish common park operations for security, maintenance, emergency response and tenant service.
• Secure long-term financing against verified occupancy, cash flow and capital-completion assumptions.
• Transfer authority to the permanent CEO after two board cycles and accepted site dossiers.

Candidate qualifications

• Twenty-eight-plus years in industrial real estate, infrastructure or economic-zone leadership with CEO accountability.
• Integrated acquired parks or infrastructure assets after founder or sponsor exit.
• Deep knowledge of land, development approvals, utility delivery, industrial leasing and project finance.
• Demonstrated occupancy improvement grounded in commissioned tenant requirements.
• Experience reconciling inherited title and obligation records before refinancing.
• Credibility with institutional investors, industrial tenants, utilities and state authorities.
• Proven transition from asset integration leadership to a permanent platform CEO.

Non-negotiables

• Can be Pune-based within four weeks and travel frequently among all three parks.
• No current relationship with the seller, tenants or contractors requiring investment approval.
• Will not represent uncommissioned utility capacity as available inventory.
• Commits to twenty-four months and the permanent-leader transition.

1. 49 words maximum. Confirm availability and disclose any industrial-park investor, tenant or seller relationships.
2. 49 words maximum. Which acquired infrastructure platform did you integrate after founder exit?
3. 49 words maximum. What occupancy improvement followed utility completion you personally governed?