SANGEETA RAY HEAD - REAL ESTATE - INDIA & BANGLADESH, SIEMENS INDIA, MUMBAI
I am a Chartered Accountant and have been associated with the company since January, 1990. In my present role since 2012 I have end to end responsibility of ~ 6 Million sq ft of property in India & Bangladesh. This includes management of the properties to ensure that the maintenance cycle supports prolonging of the life of the property, draw out the real estate strategy for India based on the future requirement of the business and the country blueprint of growth. I also help acquire new lease or property depending on the business need, dispose non-productive assets, drive M &A‘s and property security.
There is a variety of skill set & expertise inside Siemens Real Estate, which makes this function so valuable to the business verticals and other key functions. The spectrum of SRE is defined as - Strategic portfolio management, Asset and property management, Leasing and letting, Site selection & Sale/purchase of space, Sustainability strategy and Planning and construction of offices & production facilities, Location concepts and site development, Facility management, Workplace concepts (Siemens office, Coworking), Financing concepts and Digitalization & virtualization (remote operation) of RE Assets & services.
We’re using New Normal Model to pursue the goal of developing new ways of working together on a mobile & digital basis. We create a new normal that benefits from new uses of technology, positives of lockdown and reflect on what we want to take forward – more home working, increased virtual collaboration, fewer airmiles, corresponding carbon footprint reduction flexible working.
To ensure appropriate diversity & inclusion within the real estate service company of Siemens, we have maintained gender diversity by regularly hiring males and females in the similar ratio, depending entirely on their talent and qualities of the candidate. However, only hiring doesn’t help, hence we give women an equal number of opportunities for the top management and leadership roles.
