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Denzil de Souza

Born in Mumbai, India in 1961, Denzil de Souza spent his working life developing the family business, P.N. Writer & Co. – a relocation company that was bought by his late father, Mr. Charles de Souza, in the late 1950s. Denzil joined the business in 1978, which was then under the management of his father and late brother, William de Souza. Their mentoring instilled values of excellence onto him and greatly influenced his work ethic and outlook on life. With William, Denzil transformed Writer from a single location, 20-employee, single service company into a multi-location, multi-business organisation.

In 2005, the company expanded its operations across the Middle East and has maintained these networks ever since. The start of 2013 marked the year that Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat & Spa, a project that had been planned for 20 years, was opened. The retreat is set in a massive nature conservation site with its focus on sustainability and wellness. He is also part of the Shillim Institute, whose goals are to preserve the ecosystem of the Shillim Estate and to incorporate art and culture into life at the retreat.

Denzil de Souza

Born in Mumbai, India in 1961, Denzil de Souza spent his working life developing the family business, P.N. Writer & Co. – a relocation company that was bought by his late father, Mr. Charles de Souza, in the late 1950s. Denzil joined the business in 1978, which was then under the management of his father and late brother, William de Souza. Their mentoring instilled values of excellence onto him and greatly influenced his work ethic and outlook on life. With William, Denzil transformed Writer from a single location, 20-employee, single service company into a multi-location, multi-business organisation.

In 2005, the company expanded its operations across the Middle East and has maintained these networks ever since. The start of 2013 marked the year that Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat & Spa, a project that had been planned for 20 years, was opened. The retreat is set in a massive nature conservation site with its focus on sustainability and wellness. He is also part of the Shillim Institute, whose goals are to preserve the ecosystem of the Shillim Estate and to incorporate art and culture into life at the retreat.

Margie Ruddick

Margie Ruddick has been recognised, for over twenty years, for her pioneering work in the domain of landscape architecture. Winner of the 2013 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in landscape architecture, Margie has forged a design language that assimilates ecology and culture. Her transformative design for New York’s Queens Plaza has won awards for endorsing a new idea of nature in the city, where stormwater, wind, sun, and habitat merge within an urban infrastructure to create a more sustainable vision of urban life. The concept design for the new waterfront at Stapleton, in New York City, brings the harbour and city together in a park with cove and tidal wetlands, catalysing the revitalisation of this historic State-n-Island district.

Margie has taught at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Yale, Princeton, The University of Pennsylvania, Parsons School of Design, and Schumacher College in England. In addition to the Cooper-Hewitt 2013 honour, her many awards include the 1998 Waterfront Centre Award and the 1999 Places Design Award, along with the well-known environmental artist Betsy Damon, for the Living Water Park. Her work has received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Institute of Architects. Margie was named as one of the top ten women in green design by the Green Economy Post in 2010.

Karen de Souza

Karen is the last child and only daughter of the late William de Souza. She shares her father’s deep love for nature and conservation from her childhood visits to the Western Ghats. She joined the Shillim Institute as Director in January 2015. She studied International Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels.

Karen’s passion for the environment and concern over the current global warming crisis has led her to spearhead some of the Shillim Institute’s programs such as restoration of natural habitats, alternative and regenerative food systems, ecological education around land stewardship and architecture studios promoting sustainable architecture in the Western Ghats. Karen has set up the Shillim Institute with a focus on research and project implementation in conservation, sustainability, healing and community engagement.

Karen de Souza

Karen is the last child and only daughter of the late William de Souza. She shares her father’s deep love for nature and conservation from her childhood visits to the Western Ghats. She joined the Shillim Institute as Director in January 2015. She studied International Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit in Brussels.

Karen’s passion for the environment and concern over the current global warming crisis has led her to spearhead some of the Shillim Institute’s programs such as restoration of natural habitats, alternative and regenerative food systems, ecological education around land stewardship and architecture studios promoting sustainable architecture in the Western Ghats. Karen has set up the Shillim Institute with a focus on research and project implementation in conservation, sustainability, healing and community engagement.

The Shillim Institute has planted more than 110,000 native trees and conserved over a million in the Shillim area since 1999.

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Maharashtra – 410 406, India

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