SENIOR MANAGEMENT
The team that leads us
PUNEET CHHATWAL
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chhatwal brings over three decades of leadership experience at highly acclaimed hotel groups in Europe and North America. He joined IHCL in 2017 and spearheads the Company’s operations as its MD and CEO. He has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Carlson Fellowship, and was rated as one of Europe’s 20 extraordinary minds in Sales, Marketing and Technology – HSMAI European Awards 2014. He was also the first alumni to be included in the ESSEC-IMHI Hall of Honour 2014.
GIRIDHAR SANJEEVI
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sanjeevi has built a broad-based career over 30 years across multiple businesses - consumer businesses, financial services, retail and pharma in Asia and Europe. A Chartered Accountant and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, he has won several awards, including Most Influential CFOs of India award from CIMA in 2015 and 2016 and CFO of the Year for Excellence in Finance in Managing a Turnaround from IMA, 2013.
DR. P. V. RAMANA MURTHY
Executive Vice President and
Global Head - Human Resources
Dr. Murthy brings over 33 years of rich experience in the field of human resource management from both Indian and multi-national organisations. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Human Resource Management and an Executive Master’s degree in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD, Singapore. He has also attended an advanced Human Resource Executive programme from Michigan Ross School of Business in 2009. He believes in scientific people practices and has been specialising in Talent Management, Leadership and Organisational Culture. Some of the work at IHCL in these areas is now considered as global best practices.
ROHIT KHOSLA
Executive Vice President -
Operations (North and West India)
Mr. Khosla joined IHCL in 1999 as Executive Assistant Manager, Taj Palace, New Delhi and has held several positions within the group since then. Currently, he oversees hotel operations in the Northern, Eastern and Western states of India, along with the International properties of Taj Tashi Bhutan, Vivanta Kathmandu and operations of Taj Safaris Wilderness Lodges. He is a Post Graduate from Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai and has won numerous accolades in his career. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hotel Association of India, SKAL and the CII National Tourism Committee.
PRABHAT VERMA
Executive Vice President -
Operations
(South, International &
Ancillary Business)
Mr. Verma joined IHCL in 1990 as a Management Trainee with the flagship Taj Mahal Palace & Towers and worked there until 1999. He has been the General Manager of some of the leading hotels of IHCL namely Taj Malabar Resort & Spa, Cochin, Taj Coromandel, Chennai, Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences and St. James’ Court, A Taj Hotel London. He was also Senior Vice President Operations for the South Region prior to his present role. He is the recipient of 'Young General Manager' of the Year 5-Star Deluxe category by FHRAI in 2005 and the 'International Cooperation Award between the UK and India' in 2012 by Asian Voice.
SUMA VENKATESH
Executive Vice President –
Real Estate & Development
Ms. Venkatesh heads the Company’s Development, Technical Services and Projects functions and oversees IHCL’s initiatives for growth through greenfield developments, acquisitions, licences and management contracts. Over the last 16 years with IHCL, she has been involved in tripling the group’s inventory. Ms. Venkatesh is an Electrical Engineer and holds a Master’s Degree in Management Studies from the Mumbai University. She has over 26 years of cross-functional experience across industries. Before joining IHCL, she has worked in different functions across multiple industry sectors in India.
RAJENDRA MISRA
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
Mr. Misra has over 27 years of rich business legal experience and is an expert in Litigation Management, Intellectual Property Management, Contracts Management and Competition and Corporate laws. He has worked in leadership positions across leading corporations in Hospitality, FMCG and Metals industries. He holds a degree in L.L.B. and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Patents Law, besides undertaking the Hawkesmere Course on International Intellectual Property Law from London. Hehas pioneered the image mark registration of Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai. He has featured consistently in The Legal 500 in the GC Powerlist: India and was recently felicitated by Indian Corporate Counsel Association and the Law Society of England & Wales as top 25 General Counsel of India.
BEEJAL DESAI
Senior Vice President -
Legal and Company Secretary
Mr. Desai holds an L.L.B. degree from Mumbai University and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of the Company Secretaries of India. He has previously worked across various leadership positions with different organisations across diversified sectors and has over 32 years of cross-functional experience in the areas of Legal, Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Compliance and Investor Relations. He also closely liaises with SEBI, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE) and various regulatory authorities. He has pioneered digitalisation of various legal and compliance projects within the organisation and won several awards.
RENU BASU
Senior Vice President -
Global Sales and Marketing
Ms. Basu oversees the functions of sales, marketing, loyalty, digital marketing, alliances and partnerships across all brands of the Company. She has over three decades of experience and was featured in Impact’s Most Influential Women from the advertising, media and marketing industry in India. She represents the organisation as an Executive Committee member on PATA and has held positions across British Business Group, CII Western Region, Tourism Committee Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Bachelor of Law from the University of Mumbai and a Diploma in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. She has also completed a Global Programme for Management Development from University of Michigan Business School.
MR. S. Y. RAMAN
Vice President - Group Internal Audit
S. Y. Raman has more than 30 years of work experience, all of which are with the Tata Group - 16 years with Tata Global Beverages Limited and 14 years with IHCL. At IHCL, he has served as Head of Finance at Taj SATS Air Catering Limited, the erstwhile Taj Business SBU and Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Limited. His stints at Tata Global Beverages Limited included positions of Head of Finance in an overseas JV assignment, CFO at Mount Everest Mineral Water Limited and CFO at NourishCo Beverages Limited. He is an Honours graduate in Commerce (from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata), a Chartered Accountant, a Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary.
