Denzil de Souza

Since his joining in 1978, Mr. Denzil de Souza, within a short span of time, developed a reputation for outstanding work in International Moving Services. He along with his elder brother and principal business partner - Late Mr. William de Souza, transformed Writer from a single location, 20-employee, single service company into a multi-location, multi-business enterprise with a workforce of over 8500+ employees. Mr. Denzil de Souza first started with establishing the Relocations network across India outside Mumbai, and then added the product lines of Domestic & Orientation to what was principally an International Moving business. The Information Management business got incorporated in 1987 under his leadership. In the process, Mr. de Souza designed and built the group’s entire core infrastructure comprising of office and warehouse facilities across India. He further built the Cash Management business in 2001. Since 2005, he played a key role in expansion of global operations in Middle East and Asia. In early 2013, under his guidance, Writer Group forayed into the realty sector with the launch of Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat & Spa, at Shillim. After spending three successful decades in Executive role at Writer, in order to promote leadership at organization level, he assumed the role of non-executive chairman in early 2012. He transitioned the reins of the business to the boards and a properly institutionalized and professionally led management organization. Today 'the great entrepreneur' serves on all Writer Boards providing insight and direction and steers the group’s Investment arm - Writer Holdings.