CII northern region gets new chairman

DEHRADUN: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) members elected Abhimanyu Munjal and Anshuman Magazine as the chairman and deputy chairman respectively of CII (northern region) for financial year 2021-22.
The incumbents were elected during the first meeting of the newly-elected regional council members. Munjal will head CII’s northern region which comprises seven states — Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan — and three Union territories — Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Sharing his priorities as the chairman of CII for this year, Munjal said, “Our initiatives during the year would focus on policy advocacy, competitiveness of MSMEs, facilitating investments, strengthening physical, social and digital infrastructure, entrepreneurship, startups and skill developments, sustainable agriculture and future technologies.”
Munjal is also joint managing director (JMD) and CEO Hero FinCorp Ltd, a third-generation entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in strategic leadership and people management.
Anshuman Magazine has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry and is currently the head of India, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa at CBRE. Based in New Delhi, he oversees operations of 25 countries and over 50 offices and affiliates across these geographies.
In India, he has been involved in some of the largest and most prestigious advisory assignments, including a disinvestment exercise for a portfolio of 26 government-owned hospitality assets, privatisation of airports and various other infrastructure projects. Globally, he has played a prime role in assisting a large number of multinational corporations in establishing and successfully running their India operations.