News Point: Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Swapan Dutta as the Managing Director Kolkata operations.
Swapan will be responsible for developing new avenues of growth in Eastern Region and will work closely with clients to provide innovative and value driven transaction solutions that are in line with their strategic goals. Swapan will be reporting to Anshul Jain, Managing Director, India, Cushman & Wakefield.
Kolkata as a market is at an advantageous position for future growth. With a good human resource base coupled with government announcements like the creation of the Financial Hub in Rajarhat and proposal for setting up of Industrial Parks in PPP mode, improving infrastructure and a legacy of being an economic centre, various industries have begun to show a keen interest in the market.
With its depth of services to clients across the region including the states of Odisha, Assam and Bihar and also overseas destination of Bangladesh, Cushman & Wakefield is well poised to provide real estate solutions to companies actively looking at expanding their operations in these regions.
“Having a presence in the Eastern region for over a decade, we at Cushman & Wakefield completely understand the huge potential of the market and is committed to investing herein. Swapan’s industry and regional knowledge would help us in identifying and developing new streams for long term revenue growth and maintaining our relationships with clients, thereby strengthening our operations and services in Eastern region. Anshul Jain, Managing Director, India, Cushman & Wakefield.
“Cushman & Wakefield is a reputed brand known for putting the clients’ interest as foremost priority. I look forward to working with a group of very talented and dedicated professionals to further fuel the growth of Kolkata business,” says Swapan Dutta, Managing Director, Kolkata.
Swapan joins Cushman & Wakefield with over 23 years of experience in business planning, business development, project management, sales & marketing across various industry segments. In his earlier roles he has conceptualized, formulated and supervised complete profit center operations to achieve business goals, operating profits and cost efficiencies.. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Swapan was the Director, East with Colliers International.