Krisumi Corporation names Tomy Thomas chief HR officer in Gurugram

Krisumi Corporation, the real estate joint venture of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation and India's Krishna Group, has appointed Tomy Thomas as its chief human resources officer (CHRO). The move, which took effect in October 2026, was reported on 29 October 2026. The company is based in Gurugram, where its flagship Krisumi City township is being built on the Dwarka Expressway. The coverage carries no statement from Thomas or the company about the appointment.

Who Tomy Thomas is

Thomas has more than 30 years of experience across real estate, hospitality, manufacturing and industrial consulting. He started in hospitality, as an assistant personnel manager at Grand Hyatt Delhi from 1999 to 2005, after earlier work at Neel International. He then moved into property. Career accounts say he joined MGF Developments in 2005 as assistant general manager for HR, and later worked as general manager for HR at Emaar MGF until 2016.

Public profiles place him at Krisumi from February 2016, when he joined as vice president for human resources. He later became president for human resources and led the function from Gurugram. Profiles differ on his exact titles at the company in some years, so the dates here follow the most detailed accounts. He holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration from Himachal Pradesh University and an MBA in Human Resources from the All India Management Association in New Delhi.

Krisumi's base on the Dwarka Expressway

Krisumi is a joint venture in which both partners hold an equal stake. Sumitomo Corporation entered India's real estate market in 2018 in partnership with the Krishna Group, a large auto component maker chaired by Ashok Kapur. The company's own site describes Krisumi City as a 65-acre integrated township in Sector 36A on the Dwarka Expressway, masterplanned by the Japanese architecture firm Nikken Sekkei. Other builder profiles give a smaller area and a different unit count for the same project, so buyers should check the current RERA-approved plan for each phase.

The township sits beside Global City, a mixed-use development spread over about 1,000 acres across Sectors 36, 36B, 37, 37A and 37B. Road works in the corridor are under way. A grade-separated interchange with an underground link to the Dwarka Expressway is being built. A new arterial road near Narsinghpur is planned to connect to NH-48, a report of which was published on 31 July 2026. No construction timeline has been announced for a metro spur to the area.

The company's activity in Gurugram has picked up this month. In mid-October 2026, Krisumi said it would invest ₹1,300 crore to develop nearly 550 homes in Gurugram and planned to enter the senior-living segment. Chairman Ashok Kapur told reporters, "We are developing a 'mini-Japanese city.'" Coverage at the time put Krisumi City's current pricing at around ₹24,000 per sq ft, against ₹8,500 per sq ft at the launch of its first phase.

What it means for buyers

The appointment is a leadership change and does not, on its own, alter anything for buyers. No project launch, approval, sales figure or pricing change has been linked to it. A CHRO's remit covers hiring, retention and workforce planning, which affect how a developer staffs its sites and customer teams, but no timeline or price has been tied to this move. Buyers in Sector 36A and the neighbouring Global City stretch should continue to judge projects on their RERA registrations, possession dates and the status of the road works.

What to watch next is the company's senior-living plan and the phases of Krisumi City that carry the 550-home expansion. Any change to project delivery or staffing at the top level would show up first in filings for those phases.