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About Us

Our People

The people and teams behind our businesses

Our Leadership

Our people are our greatest strength.

UBF Holdings is led by the family and supported by experienced professional management in each of our businesses. The listed companies in which our owners are promoters have their own boards and executive teams; UBF sets the long-term direction, allocates capital and maintains the relationships on which our businesses are built.

Chairman

Arshad S. Balwa

Chairman

UBF Holdings

Our own journey as a family business has shaped the people we are today and the way we conduct business.

From a single café in Bombay in 1903, we have grown into a diversified investor with interests in real estate, hospitality and principal investment across India and the Gulf.

Along the way we have invested in our people, in the standard of our work and in the next generation of the family, who are brought into the business early and expected to earn their place in it.

Our values — permanence, patience, independence and craft — guide the way we work with our partners, within our communities and with each other. They have created a culture in which good ideas are backed and long-term thinking is rewarded.

Our businesses are organised around three areas, each led by its own management team.

Real Estate & Urban Development
Our real estate activities are led by dedicated development and land teams, with responsibility for land assembly, permissions, design and construction.
Hospitality
Our hospitality activities are led by a dedicated management team, with each hotel operated by its international brand partner under a long-term agreement.
Principal Investments
Our principal investment activities are led directly by the family from Mumbai and Dubai, with specialist advisers engaged as each opportunity requires.
Finance & Corporate
Finance, legal and corporate functions support all three businesses from Mumbai.
Real Estate & Urban Development Hospitality Principal Investments

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