DESIGN STRATEGIST · BUILT ENVIRONMENT LEADER
Design strategy for people and place.
I connect human insight, spatial thinking and organisational ambition to establish a clear direction for design. My practice brings together architecture, strategy and design leadership to guide projects from defining the brief through to delivery.
Across campuses, workplaces and shared environments, my focus is on how places support people, strengthen organisations and create lasting value beyond their physical form.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Morgan Stanley · Standard Chartered · HSBC · Barclays · Amazon · Philips · Novartis ·
Roche · Swire Properties · ADP · Nutanix · Hewlett Packard Enterprise
01 / ABOUT
Architecture shaped how I think. Strategy expanded what I can influence.
I am a design strategist and built environment leader with more than 20 years of experience across architectural practice, strategic consulting and client-side leadership. My work spans healthcare and education buildings, campus planning, service and experience design, and enterprise real estate transformation.
Experience as both an adviser and a client shapes how I lead, connecting business priorities with design quality and human experience. Workplace is a deep area of expertise within a broader practice grounded in architecture, research and creative problem solving.
16,000 people
CURRENT PORTFOLIO
Leading workplace strategy and design across a 2M sq. ft. portfolio in India.
6M+ sq. ft.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Across strategy, planning and architectural design.
13 countries
INTERNATIONAL REACH
Project experience across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
10 sectors
CROSS-SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Spanning technology, financial services, healthcare, education, hospitality and more.
02 / EXPERIENCE
A practice built across disciplines and roles
ENTERPRISE DESIGN LEADERSHIP
Morgan Stanley
I lead India workplace strategy and design, aligning real estate decisions, employee experience and organisational change at enterprise scale.
BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
Gensler
Brought these perspectives into built environment strategy, planning and design, leading consulting engagements across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
BRAND & HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Idiom / Narativ / NYCO
Expanded into research, brand strategy, storytelling and service design, connecting business purpose with how people experience organisations.
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATIONS
Malik / Khosla / Maya
Built my grounding in architectural design, planning and delivery across healthcare, education, hospitality, retail and residential projects.
03 / SELECTED WORK
A few ways this comes together
01 · FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY · MUMBAI
Mumbai Global Centre - Strategy to Delivery
Real estate & Workplace strategy · Design · Change · Experience
Led the workplace vision, real estate strategy, planning, design direction and transformation for confidential financial services company’s consolidated Mumbai Global Centre, connecting business needs with employee experience.
02 · HEALTH TECH COMPANY · BENGALURU
Innovation Campus — Workplace Transformation
Workplace strategy · Planning · Change Management · Stakeholder Engagement
Co-led workplace strategy and planning for an innovation campus supporting ~5,000 employees. Led change management for consolidation from three sites, preparing teams for shared and flexible working.
03 · KHOSLA ASSOCIATES - DOON SCHOOL · DEHRADUN
Art & Media Centre - Planning to Execution
Planning · Architectural design · Design development & execution
Co-designed the Art & Media Centre as Project Architect, coordinating design development and work on site to create a contemporary learning environment within a historic school campus.
04 · FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY · MUMBAI
Front Office - Workplace & Client Experience
Real estate strategy · Planning · Design · Change management · Experience
Led strategy, planning, design and change management for a 46,000 sq. ft. front office supporting approximately 290 employees. Connected business priorities with spatial decisions, shaping a coherent workplace and visitor experience.
Retelling the company’s story. Shaping its services.
Design strategy · Service design · Experience strategy · Storytelling
Led service design and experience strategy at Narativ, translating organisational purpose and client needs into a coherent service model. Co-led storytelling engagements and identified opportunities for growth.
06 · PHARMA COMPANY · APAC & ME
Strategy and Planning - Centre of Excellence
Workplace strategy · Planning · Change management · Centre of excellence
Developed a Centre of Excellence for a confidential pharmaceutical company’s regional workplace projects, aligning strategy and planning across multiple locations with local business needs and consistent workplace principles.
07· NYCO · NEW YORK AND SHANGHAI
NYCO - Finding purpose through design
Service design · Design education · Venture development
As Partner and Lead Strategist, co-developed an educational venture helping college-bound students from Asia explore careers in art and design. Shaped a sustainable service model and immersive learning programme.
08 · HOSPITALITY COMPANY · ACROSS INDIA
Hospitality Experience & Design Guidelines
Hospitality strategy · Spatial planning · Design guidelines
Led hospitality strategy and planning for a budget hotel brand, translating guest research into experience principles and spatial recommendations, supported by a 60-key hotel prototype and guidelines.
09 · MALIK ARCHITECTURE · CHHATTISGARH
Vedanta Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
Planning · Architectural design · Design development
Co-designed the 570,000 sq. ft. integrated healthcare proposal, contributing to planning, design development and multidisciplinary coordination, working with clinical and support functions.
04 / EXPERTISE
What I bring to a project
DESIGN STRATEGY AND RESEARCH
Translate business objectives and human insight into a clear strategic brief and design direction.
WORKPLACE AND REAL ESTATE STRATEGY
Shape real estate portfolio choices, workplace models and occupancy plans around organisational needs.
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
Assess campuses and sites through spatial planning, feasibility and architectural due diligence.
CHANGE AND ENGAGEMENT
Engage stakeholders and help people adopt new settings, behaviours and ways of working.
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE DESIGN
Connect journeys, spaces, services and interactions into a coherent experience.
DESIGN LEADERSHIP
Guide design quality, advise clients, mentor teams, support business development and practice growth.