WESTCOMBE - Key Persons


Kamal Pankhania - CEO, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Managing Director
  • Property Developer
Kamal Pankhania is a leading property developer and entrepreneur who leads Westcombe Group. Kamal Pankhania and his brother Sunil in 2003 took over the day-to-day running of the family business their father founded. Their father, Vraj Pankhania, is still involved as chairman. Westcombe Group is a family-owned and family-run property and development business specialising in renovating and converting stunning Grade I and Grade II listed buildings. Kamal is driven by providing beautiful homes to meet the demands of tomorrow and to maintain historic buildings for Britain. Westcombe Group specialises in purchasing old, listed buildings which once had a social purpose, such as schools and hospitals, but now have fallen into disrepair. Westcombe Group helps to breathe life back into beautiful buildings for the benefit of local communities. As CEO and Managing Director, Kamal has expanded the company's activities outside of London with a new mixed-use development in Manchester. Kamal Pankhania is motivated by giving back to local communities and through helping people. Under Kamal's, Vraj's and Sunil's collective leadership, Westcombe Group has set up the Dholak Partnership, the company's own affordable housing subsidiary, to provide more social housing amongst its developments. In recent years, Westcombe Group has built a number of stunning affordable homes, which have been used to house key workers working to save lives. Kamal's commitment to helping other people extends into his work with the company's philanthropic arm, the Westcombe Foundation, as well as his role at Westcombe Group. As Co-Founder at the Westcombe Foundation, Kamal is developing an exciting new project to help those in need in the UK. The foundation has a long history of providing support to people all around the world, by giving food, shelter and money to people suffering from disaster situations, providing emergency relief to victims. An example of this is during the earthquakes in Nepal where the Westcombe Foundation funded the building of new facilities at hospitals and schools in India and Kenya.

Sunil Pankhania - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Operations Director
  • Property Developer
Sunil Pankhania is a property developer and entrepreneur leading on Westcombe Group's construction projects and developments as the firm's Chief Operations Director. Sunil Pankhania began to lead Westcombe Group's operations in 2003. Westcombe Group is a family development and property development business specialising in converting and reinvigorating beautiful Grade I and Grade II listed buildings which have fallen into disuse and disrepair. The company provides stunning homes that help to meet the housing demands of tomorrow. After studying Construction Management and Real Estate Development at University College London, Sunil Pankhania joined the family businesses as Chief Operations Officer in 2003. In this role, Sunil leads on management, development and progression of the company's projects. He has overseen the expansion and development of Westcombe Group's properties and activities outside of London. Westcombe Group is a family business which is motivated by helping people who find themselves in moments of crisis and by giving back to local communities. Under the collective leadership of Vraj Pankhania, Kamal Pankhania and Sunil Pankhania (the Chairman, CEO and COO of the family business), Westcombe Group has set up the Dholak Partnership, the company's own social housing association, to provide affordable homes amongst its developments. Over the last few years, Westcombe Group delivered affordable homes to key workers who were working to save lives. Sunil Pankhania has led the development of some of Westcombe Group's most ambitious and challenging projects. For example, he oversaw and managed the development and construction of the company's St Bernard's Hospital project in Ealing, London. This was a former mental hospital which was disused and empty for over 25 years before Westcombe acquired it in 2014.

Vraj Pankhania

Vraj Pankhania is a philanthropist and businessmen from humble origins who wants to give back. He is the Founder and Group Chairman of Westcombe Group and the founder of the Westcombe Foundation.