Maneesh has over 2 decades of extensive experience in Strategy, Market Entry, Retail, Real Estate and customer acquisition. After completing International studies in Hospitality from Switzerland, he has worked with some of the largest premium brands operating in India, driving their expansion and business strategy. He has wide and enriching experience across diverse categories such as Cinemas, Department Stores, International anchor stores, Hypermarkets, bookstores, Beauty and lingerie store footprints across India. Currently working as Chief Development Officer with PVR Cinemas, which is the largest cinema entertainment chain in the country, he is driving the expansion of the cinemas with the focus on efficiencies, customer-centric and data driven decision making. He is in the process of evaluating various revenue models and options, to continue driving the leadership position of the organization. In his previous leadership role as Head - Property and Business Development, Maneesh was instrumental in the expansion of Marks and Spencer across India, including the flagship and full line stores, specialty formats like Edit stores, Lingerie and Beauty. Adding 70% of the brand footprint in Last 5 years, the brand grew from 17 stores to 96 stores across existing and new markets. Prior to Marks and Spencer, he was engaged with Shoppers Stop Group, where he was responsible for their Business Expansion Strategy for diverse formats such as Shoppers Stop, HyperCity, HomeStop, Crossword, and Estee Lauder Group. Under his watch, each of the category mentioned above maintained their leadership position in the expansion and footprint, and successfully entered new markets.