CRE Executive of the Year

CRE Executive of the Year


This award recognizes the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) executive who made outstanding and distinguished contribution to his/her company and to the industry. It is aimed at acknowledging the achievements of the individual within the past year. CoreNet Global seeks to recognize:

  • Achievements in contributing to company success
  • Contributions for elevating the practice of corporate real estate (CRE)
  • Contributions to the CRE industry as educator or leader
  • Current CoreNet Global Membership


The winner is automatically put forward for CRE Executive of the Year Award at the CoreNet Global Awards.


2025 Winner


Maj. Vijayakannan Subramanian

Vice President Corporate Services
Morgan Stanley

Vijayakannan Subramanian (Vijay) is the Regional Head of Property Services, Morgan Stanley Asia. Joined Morgan Stanley in Oct 2016.

Vijay has 25 years of experience working with major Indian MNCs and Global banks like Standard Chartered. He has vast experience working in different industries ranging from defence, banking, IT & ITES, manufacturing, research & development and telecommunication, where he held various functional positions with responsibility for Supply Partner Management, Property/Facilities Management, General Administration and Human Resources. 

Vijay started his career with Indian Army in the Corps of Electronics & Mechanical Engineers, and served in various parts of the country.

Vijay has done his Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics from Kumaraguru College of Technology and holds a post graduate diploma in Human Resources from Symbiosis University.

Vijay is associated with CoreNet Global, and has acquired ‘Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR)’. He has also served as a Co-Chair for CoreNet Global India Chapter, a non-profit corporate real estate association headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia in the US.


Previous Winners



Ganesh Parameswaran
2024

Arunabh Mukherjee
2023

Renuka Rajagopal
2022
 

Sangeeta Ray
2021
Sanjeev Tullicherry Director at Legato Health Technologies

 Sanjeev Tullicherry
2020

Tojo Paramby
 
Tojo Paramby
2019
Praveen Vasudeva
 
Praveen Vasudeva
2018
Kumara Shivanna
 
Kumara Shivanna
2017


Eligibility Criteria


Members who wish to nominate themselves for the CRE Executive of the Year Award must fulfill the following criteria to be eligible:

  • Member of CoreNet Global
  • Actively engaged member (examples of engagement: Chapter Leader, attended a Summit, earned MCR or SLCR designation, speaker at a CoreNet Global event, contributed to the content of a Chapter program/event; participated in Chapter special programs, provided content for Leader magazine, participated in a research project, etc.)
  • End User (occupier)


Key Dates


Applications for nomination open in April each year.

If you have questions about whether you are eligible to apply, please contact Binita Jain.