Team

Founder / Chairman

Born and raised in Britain, Koolesh Shah founded London Town Group in 1988. From humble beginnings, Koolesh has grown the group into a multi million pound corporation focused on cutting-edge performance in four main pillars - Real Estate, Philanthropy, Energy and Technology. Koolesh was named Hotelier of the Year at the Asian Business Awards.

Koolesh is a devotee of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother and is Chairman of Sri Aurobindo Trust. Thanks to the generous support of the Trust, SOAS has offered modules on ‘Modern Indian Philosophy’ for the last three years, with a specific focus on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Koolesh has been involved in the Jain community, having been President of the Jain Social Group London a role he held between 1986 and 1996. The organisation has over 60,000 members and 425 groups worldwide.

He was a founder member of the Vanik Business Group, which enabled the business community to further engage together and mutually flourish.

Koolesh actively supports Making The Leap, which is a charity focused on promoting social mobility in the community through inspirational speaking and mentoring opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Commercial Director

Sandeep joined LTG in 2009 as Group Revenue Director and was appointed Group Commercial Director in 2018. In her role, Sandeep is responsible for the company’s global growth pursuits and empowering LTG’s commercial teams to fuel the company’s development pipeline.

A forward-thinking and solutions-focused person, Sandeep has over 15 years of hospitality operations, finance, real estate, brand management and development experience and has excelled in several executive positions, she directly oversees the daily running of the commercial sales & revenue team whilst also driving the strategic growth activities of the company.

Sandeep has extensive experience in identifying and undertaking financial analysis of new and existing real estate opportunities. Sandeep has raised over £200millian of financing assignments that include acquisition financing, refinancing and development loans.

Sandeep has a background in investment finance specifically as a global data analyst at Bloomberg LP; sourcing big datasets and analysing patterns, the pioneers of big data.

Revenue Director

Edward, a First-Class Honours graduate from the University of Cambridge, with a specialisation in Astrophysics, has been a pivotal member of London Town Group since 2008. Rising to the position of Group Director of Revenue in 2019, Edward plays a crucial role in shaping LTG's strategic development.

With expertise in pricing and revenue strategy, Edward has enhanced his knowledge through advanced studies at Cornell University in 'Advanced Hospitality Revenue Management: Pricing and Demand Strategies' and at City, University of London in 'Leadership and Management'.

Boasting over 24 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Edward was instrumental in the European launch of the Hotel Indigo brand. His innovative use of advanced analytical techniques has consistently given him a competitive edge.

Strategic Director

Kavita is the Strategic  Development Director for London Town Group, overseeing growth, commercial and operational facets of the business in the UK, and leading the Group’s property development projects in East Africa.

Kavita is a Law graduate from the University of Cambridge, with 15 years experience in strategic management consultancy, hotel operations and property development. She is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya where she heads the Group’s real estate growth in the region, leading their commercial and residential interests.

As a woman leading projects in the construction industry, Kavita pioneers empowerment of women within the industry, supporting fellow female property developers, and championing high ratios of female construction workers on site, as well as pushing the importance of environmentally conscious construction, not only through ESG compliance, but also through replanting of trees that are lost through the construction process. Most recently, she completed the Grade A commercial development The Cube on Riverside Drive which attained Advanced Edge certification, and has pushed the boundaries when it comes to eco-conscious design and construction.

Kavita has a passion for philanthropy, and founded her charitable foundation named Charity Connect in 2019 which carries out daily feeding programs across the city, channels donations to trusted, vetted projects within informal settlements, and manages and runs several sustainability projects aimed at providing economic empowerment and enhancing education opportunities for those in need. Projects include women’s tailoring training centres in Mathare specifically aimed at women affected by disabilities and HIV, a social enterprise named Inuka which empowers women tailors to run their own tailoring enterprise, construction of two rehabilitation homes for children and young adults rescued from the streets, sanitation blocks, borehole projects to enhance clean water availability to local communities, and investment in technology labs for various educational institutions.

Kavita is also a trained fitness instructor specializing in Barre - another passion of hers through which she champions mindful movement, and finding deep strength and centring through fitness.

Marketing Director

A digital marketing specialist, with a background in Information Technology Management for Business. Victoria Crampton read Information Technology Management for Business at Loughborough University before writing on Web 2.0, social media published by the British Computer Society.

She now serves as Marketing Director of LTG, assisting the brands in engaging with the target markets using offline and digital marketing tools.