Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, August 2025 — Naheed Contractor has been appointed as Senior Vice President & Group Head – Marketing & Communications at Everstone Group, a leading investment group headquartered in Singapore. In her new role, she will spearhead the company’s global brand strategy, corporate communication, and marketing initiatives across its multi-asset portfolio, strengthening visibility and strategic positioning for Everstone’s businesses in private equity, real estate, venture capital, credit, and infrastructure.
Prior to this elevation, Naheed served as Vice President – Group Brand & Corporate Communications at Ambit Private Limited for over six years, where she was instrumental in building and leading the brand and communication mandate for the group’s repositioning initiative, Ambit 2.0.
Before Ambit, she held the position of Assistant Vice President – Group Strategic Marketing & Communications at DBS Bank, contributing to the group’s strategic positioning in India. Her earlier experience includes impactful roles in Edelweiss Financial Services, Perfect Relations, and Ketchum Sampark, where she led integrated communication strategies for clients across financial services and corporate sectors.
Her two-decade career spans strategic marketing, public relations, corporate communications, and stakeholder engagement, enabling her to deliver high-impact branding outcomes in competitive financial markets.
About Everstone Group
Everstone Group is one of Asia’s premier investment firms with assets of approximately US$7 billion across private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, and venture capital. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Singapore, the firm operates across seven locations—Singapore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, New York, Dubai, and Mauritius. Everstone’s private equity division focuses on healthcare, technology services, consumer, and financial services sectors, and has invested in over 35 companies employing more than 100,000 people.
Its integrated real estate platform, IndoSpace, is among India’s leading industrial real estate developers, having developed 50 million square feet across 17 cities. The firm’s green investing arm, Eversource Capital, is a joint venture with Lightsource bp and targets sustainable investments across India’s rapidly evolving green economy.
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