Ms. Swati Salgaocar

Ms. Swati Salgaocar is the Managing Director of V. M. Salgaocar & Brother Pvt Ltd. and Director at the Vimson Group of Companies. She holds a B.A. (Arch.) (Hons.) from Yale University, USA and an M.Arch. from Columbia University, USA.

The Vimson Group was founded over 70 years ago in Goa with business interests in mineral development (V. M. Salgaocar and Bro. Pvt. Ltd. – India and Singapore, and V. M. Salgaocar Sales International are in the business of mining, export and trading of iron ore), real estate (mixed-use real estate development in Goa under the brand name Altura Spaces), and financial services (Shivranjani Securities Pvt. Ltd. is Goa’s largest wealth management company and Vimson Finance Ltd. is an NBFC catering to small and medium enterprises).

Ms. Swati was the Chairperson, Confederation of Indian Industry (Western Region) for 2024-25 and of the CII Goa State Council for 2022-23. She has been a past Co-Chair of the CII Startups and Innovation Committee (Western Region), and at present, a Member of CII National Council.

Ms. Swati is an Independent Director on the Board of Siemens Energy India Ltd. and Bajaj Electricals Ltd. and a Member of the Board of Management of Nayanta University, Pune. She has held several positions on Government of Goa Boards including the Investment Promotion Board, Town & Country Planning Board and Tourism Board. She has been a member of the Governing Board and Chairperson of the Campus Development Committee of the Goa Institute of Management.

An active investor in early-stage companies, she also serves on the advisory boards of incubators like BITS BIRAC Bionest and AIC-GIM. She has also been the Co-Director of the Yale India Alumni Schools Committee since 2013. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organisation and The Owners Forum.