Our Founding Partner
Homi Aibara was the founding partner of the Business Consulting Division at Mahajan & Aibara. He was a qualified Chartered Accountant from the U.K. Unfortunately, he passed away in October 2015.
Homi had 34 years post qualification experience in Consulting and had worked for and with some of the larger players in the Indian tourism, hospitality & real estate industries, food service providers, tour operators and transportation companies.
Our Team
Jehangir graduated from the Masters in Management Hospitality (MMH) program at the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell. Jehangir concentrated in Real Estate during his time at Cornell. He is a B.A. graduate from Franklin & Marshal College in the United States.
Jehangir has been working at the firm for over fifteen years on market and feasibility studies, private equity placement activities, bid process management, deal documentation, asset management and operator search activities for hospitality and real estate related projects.
Tanaaz has nearly three decades of post qualification experience in consultancy and has extensive knowledge of the hospitality, real estate, retail and banking sectors. Her specialisation includes offering holistic advisory services encompassing site identification & location evaluation, concept, market assessment, techno-economic feasibility, valuation studies and private equity placement activities for diverse hospitality related and integrated real estate projects. She has undertaken business plans for restaurants as well as been involved with operator search & management contract negotiations.
She has also done several market / industry sector studies, entry strategy & business plans for international entities and domestic clients across diverse verticals in India.
Mansi has over 20 years post qualification experience in consulting.
She has extensive experience in location evaluation, concept, market assessment and feasibility related activities for various types of hospitality projects including Senior Living, Convention & Exhibition Centres, Golf Resorts & Clubs, Mixed Use Developments, Family Entertainment Centres, Hospitals, Education Institutes, Township Developments, Integrated Resorts with Gaming element, Tourism Destination & Infrastructure Development for various State Governments, etc.
Ridhi is a Masters in Finance from Warwick Business School and a first-class Graduate from Mumbai University.
She has interned with the firm in the past and has now been with the firm for over sixteen years as a full-time consultant specializing in operator searches, management and franchise contract negotiations, drafting of contracts and associated documentation. She also has a strong background in transaction advisory with a focus on leases of hospitality assets.
Gavin joined the firm in May 2023 and has since contributed to market assessments and feasibility studies and financial modelling for hospitality and real estate related projects.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Studies with a specialization in Finance from St. Andrew's College, Mumbai, and a Master's degree in Finance and Investment from the University of Exeter, UK.
Swapnali is a first class graduate in Commerce from Mumbai University.
She has 20 years of experience in office management, secretarial support, administration in Finance & Hospitality industries.