Mr. Nipun Sahni joined Apollo in 2015 as a Partner and is responsible for the Real Estate Investments business in India. He is part of the Asia Real Estate leadership team that is responsible for investing across Asia. Prior to that time from 2011 to 2014 Nipun was the Founder of Rezone Investment Advisors a boutique investment advisory firm focused on Indian real estate. From 2006 to 2010, Nipun was a Partner and Managing Director at Merrill Lynch and member of the leadership team of the Real Estate Investment Team in Asia. Prior to that Nipun was a Managing Director at GE Capital, India and held multiple roles during this period including real estate investments and structured finance. Nipun is nominated as the Chairperson of the Indian Real Estate Investor group at IVCA by the industry peers and is a member of the Core committee that represents the private equity investor community in the country. IVCA is the leading platform for investors and has over 125 institutional investors as its members across venture capital, private equity and real estate private equity. Nipun has previously served on the advisory boards of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), APREA(Asia Pacific Real Estate Association), USIBC Committee (US India Business Council) in India. Nipun graduated in Commerce from Delhi University and received his Masters degree in Finance from the MFC Program at the University of Delhi.