Vik Aggarwal, global head of enterprise at Knotel
NEW YORK CITY—Knotel, the flexible office space provider, has recruited Vik Aggarwal to be the global head of enterprise effective immediately. Aggarwal joins the company with more than 18 years of experience in financial and corporate real estate.
At Knotel, he will lead and expand the company's enterprise business, leveraging his network and experiences to build strategic partnerships. His responsibilities will include managing and supporting large organizations in optimizing their real estate portfolios globally.
He comes from AECOM in Los Angeles. As corporate VP, global real estate, Aggarwal managed the financial aspects of the firm's global real estate portfolio. With approximately 87,000 employees, AECOM is an engineering firm which designs, builds, operates and manages projects in more than 150 countries.
Prior to his position in Los Angeles, Aggarwal was located in New York City for several years. From 2013 to 2016, at American Express, he worked as director, global corporate real estate strategy and CRM. From 2011 to 2013, Aggarwal served as VP, business finance, corporate services for BlackRock. Previously, for over a decade, he held positions at Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson and Alcatel-Lucent.
“Our overall strategy and capabilities have grown exponentially over the last several years as we have expanded our portfolio into new cities around the world,” says Amol Sarva, Knotel's CEO and co-founder. “Vik's background in commercial real estate and finance brings a unique combination of skills that will be a tremendous asset to our company's enterprise division, which will work to benefit Knotel clients both locally and globally.”
Aggarwal is a longtime member of CoreNet Global's New York City chapter. He also serves on the board of directors and executive committee as treasurer for the Southern California chapter.
Founded in 2016, Knotel has raised $160 million in funding. It has over 3 million square feet with offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, São Paolo and Paris.
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Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
