Shishir Baijal

Knight Frank has appointed Shishir Baijal as non-executive chairman of the Asia- Pacific region from April 1 2025, expanding his remit to reflect the size of the business’ presence in the region and its strong growth prospects.

As one of the firm’s most senior leaders and a member of the group executive board, Baijal will add the broader Asia-Pacific responsibility to his current role as chairman and managing director of Knight Frank India.

He will work closely with Craig Shute, recently named CEO of Asia-Pacific, effective April 1 2025, to support the successful execution of the regional strategy in alignment with the wider group vision.

In Asia-Pacific, the global property consultancy has 11,000 people in 300 offices across 15 territories.

“Knight Frank’s presence in Asia-Pacific is growing at pace and delivering exceptional results. Reflecting on the opportunity to be captured, we wanted to ensure our top talent was effectively deployed to best shape the next phase of our development in this exciting region,” says senior partner and group chair William Beardmore-Gray.

“Shishir stood out as the obvious candidate to support Craig in delivering upon a very clear growth mission, having successfully led Knight Frank India – one of our largest businesses outside of the UK – for the past decade.”