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Mr. Raymond Bickson
Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Anil P. Goel
Executive Director - Finance

Mr. Ajoy K. Misra
Sr. Vice President
Sales & Marketing

Mr. Prakash V. Shukla
Sr. Vice President Technology &
Chief Information Officer

Mr. H.N. Shrinivas
Sr. Vice President
Human Resources

Mr. Sumit Guha
Vice President
Development and Projects

Mr. Sanker Parameswaran
Vice President
Legal & Company Secretary

Mr. Abhijit Mukerji
Executive Director – Hotel Operations

Mr. Franz Zeller
Sr. Vice President &
Chief Operating Officer
Taj Luxury Hotels – International

Mr. Jamshed S. Daboo
Chief Operating Officer
Taj Premium Hotels

Ms. Jyoti Narang
Chief Operating Officer
Leisure Hotels Division

Mr. Rajiv Gujral
Chief Operating Officer &
Sr. Vice President
Mergers, Acquisitions & Development

Mr. Prabhat Pani
Chief Executive Officer
Roots Corporation Limited



Mr. Raymond Bickson
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Raymond Bickson’s experience in hospitality spans thirty years and four continents. In January 2003, Mr. Bickson moved to India and joined the Board as Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer of Taj Luxury Hotels, overseeing the operations of all luxury properties and playing a key role in the global expansion and development of future hotels. He assumed the role as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of The Indian Hotels Company Limited in July 2003.

Mr. Bickson brings extensive international hotel experience to the Taj Group in operations and management. He most recently served fifteen years as the Vice President & General Manager of The Mark in New York for The Rafael Group Hoteliers Monaco and with the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. His career includes a variety of management assignments for over ten years with Regent International Hotels in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Puerto Rico, Melbourne and Shanghai, as well as training at some of the world’s most renowned hotels as the Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris, Le Montreux Palace Switzerland and the Kahala Hilton Hawaii.

An American national, Mr. Bickson attended the École Hôteličre Lausanne in Switzerland and Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. He was voted one of the Top 10 Best Hotel Managers by Leaders Magazine from 1997-2002. Mr. Bickson is a Member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and is an advisory board member of The Leading Hotels of The World (LHW), Cornell Hotel School Centre for Hospitality Research and Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland.


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Mr. Anil P. Goel
Executive Director - Finance

Anil Goel is charged with the task of overseeing the Taj Group’s Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Purchase and Legal & Secretarial functions. With over 25 years of experience in the Tata Group in various financial roles, including Chief Financial Officer of Tata Tea, he brings a unique understanding of fiscal responsibility to Taj. Anil is also a Non-Executive Director in Taj GVK Limited, Oriental Hotels Limited, amongst others.

Anil graduated with Honors from Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi and is a Chartered Accountant.


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Mr. Abhijit Mukerji
Executive Director – Hotel Operations

Abhijit Mukerji oversees hotel operations of the Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces which includes Taj Luxury Hotels – India and International, Taj Business Hotels, Taj Leisure Hotels, Taj Spas, Taj Trade and Transport and Inditravels.

A career hotelier, Mr. Mukerji’s experience spans 22 years and four continents. He has spent almost 10 years as a General Manager and run several hotels that have won international acclaim under his stewardship. His last assignment was as Chief Operating Officer – Taj Luxury Hotels, India.

Mr. Mukerji is an alumnus of Cornell (ESSEC) and Harvard Business School (GMP), and has a flair for European languages.


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Mr. Ajoy K. Misra
Sr. Vice President, Sales and Marketing

In his 24 years with the Taj Group, Ajoy Misra has worked in various capacities, from sales and marketing to operations. Ajoy joined the Taj in 1980 in the Corporate Sales and Marketing Department through the Tata Administrative Services. He served as General Manager of the Taj President in Mumbai and Area Director in the Sri Lanka and Maldives regions. Today, Ajoy represents Taj in industry organizations such as the World Travel and Tourism Council, India Initiative (WTTC), World Tourism Organisation (WTO), Hotel Association of India (HAI), Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Ajoy Misra holds a degree in Civil Engineering and an MBA from Delhi University.


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Mr. Prakash V. Shukla
Sr. Vice President, Technology and Chief Information Officer

With over 20 years experience in the information technology industry, Prakash Shukla brings valuable expertise to the expanding network of Taj Hotels. He is currently responsible for total IT deployments at the Taj Group and is on MD’s management committee. With a background in some of the industry’s most venerable corporations—Unisys / Sperry and IBM—Prakash has provided IT solutions for numerous clients: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Solomon Smith Barney.

An American national, Mr. Shukla is a graduate of Rutgers University with degrees in Electrical Engineering and English, and New York Polytechnic University with a Master's degree in Computer Science. Mr. Shukla attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.


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Mr. H.N. Shrinivas
Sr. Vice President
Human Resources

Mr. H. N. Shrinivas joined the Indian Hotels Company Limited as Senior Vice President – Human Resources with effect from November 1, 2007.

Mr. Shrinivas has over 30 years of experience in the field of Human Resources. He holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from the National Institute of Social Sciences, Bangalore, and a Masters in Industrial Law from Bangalore University.
Mr. Shrinivas has also done an Advance Management Programme – Cornell University, HRD facilitator’s programme on Change Management at National Training Laboratory, Washington D.C., U.S.A, and has trained in Kaizen, JIT, Lean Management at Kaizen Institute, Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Shrinivas has worked for 18 years with the Taj in Human Resources, Learning & Development and Business Excellence functions. After leaving the Taj in 2002, he headed the HR function in BPL and subsequently Tata Tea. His last assignment before joining us was with Hewlett Packard Global Delivery India Centre as Director, Human Resources.

Mr. Shrinivas has brought in rich experience in the field of Human Resources.


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Mr. Sumit Guha
Vice President Development and Projects

Mr. Sumit Guha oversees the development function of the Indian Hotels Company Limited and is responsible for planning and implementing the growth strategy of the Company through the multiple routes of renovation, management contracts, Greenfield projects and acquisition of new properties for the Company.

Before joining the Taj Group, Sumit worked in different functions in other Tata companies like Titan Industries, Tata Tea and Tata NYK Transport Systems. Within these companies he has had exposure across various functions including projects, sales and marketing and general administration.

Mr. Guha is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and holds a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Tata Administrative Service.


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Mr. Sanker Parameswaran
Vice President - Legal & Company Secretary

Mr. Sanker Parameswaran has over 26 years of experience in the field of Legal & Secretarial. He is an ACS from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a Masters Degree in Law from Mumbai University. He brings to the Taj group his rich and varied work experience from both the public and private sector, having served in both Indian and multi-national companies of repute including Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd, Marico Industries Ltd, Reliance Infocomm Ltd, Godrej Agrovet Ltd, Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd, Indian Bank (a Public Sector bank) and INDBANK Merchant Banking Services Ltd. He was last associated with Amway India Enterprise Pvt. Ltd, a US Multinational company and a global leader in direct selling, as Director – Legal & Corporate Affairs.


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Mr. Franz Zeller
Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Taj Luxury Hotels – International


Franz Zeller joined The Indian Hotels Company Limited as Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, in November 2003. Previously he was Senior Vice President Middle East & North Africa, Millennium Hotels & Resorts and prior to that Senior Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific & General Manager for the same Group.

Mr. Zeller has extensive international experience in the Hotel Industry, particularly with Hilton International, where he served as General Manager & Director Tokyo Bay Hilton; Divisional Director – South Asia and General Manager New Delhi Hilton. He also served as General Manager at The New York Vista and General Manager at "Windows on the World" at World Trade Centre in New York; Prior assignments have been as General Manager Brisbane Hilton, Australia and General Manager Perth Parmelia Hilton, Australia and previously held various Managerial positions with Hilton in Vancouver and Montreal, Canada.

A Swiss / Australian Citizen, Mr. Franz Zeller was born, educated and trained in Switzerland and attended executive programs at the London Business School as well as in New York and Montreal.


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Mr. Jamshed S. Daboo
Chief Operating Officer
Taj Premium Hotels

As COO of the Taj Group Premium Hotels, Jamshed is responsible for the overall performance of 36 hotels in 26 locations and 7 countries. Prior to this, Jamshed S. Daboo was the COO of the Taj Group Business Hotels, overseeing the performance of 23 properties across India and overseas. Prior to this assignment, Jamshed was COO of the Leisure Division of the Taj.

Before joining the Taj Group, Jamshed served as Chief Executive Officer of Tata Quality Management Services, spearheading the Tata Business Excellence Model, a group-wide initiative aimed at service excellence, and Titan Industries Limited, where he gained experience in various functions. Jamshed’s repertoire includes extensive experience in sales, marketing, operations and Enterprise Resource Planning. Jamshed is a member of the prestigious Tata Administrative Service (TAS).

Mr. Daboo is an Indian national and an Engineer from the Walchand College with a degree in Management from XLRI - Jamshedpur.


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Ms. Jyoti Narang
Chief Operating Officer
Leisure Hotels

In a career spanning 23 years with Taj Hotels, Jyoti Narang has held a variety of positions, from sales and marketing to operations. Currently, she serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Leisure Division of Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, and is responsible for the operations and performance of 27 Leisure hotels in India and abroad.

Her last assignment was as COO of the Business Division. In that position, she successfully lead the expansion and upgradation of the portfolio of Business Hotels located in key industrial and business cities. Jyoti spearheaded a positioning makeover of the Business hotels and lead a team which established the norms for Taj Business hotels of the future. She also directed the launch of BLUE, Sydney, which marked Taj’s entry into the premium hotel market in Australia.

Jyoti is a graduate of the Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi and holds an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi. She has attended programs at the Wharton School of Management and the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. “Travel Agent,” the leading US national newsweekly magazine of the travel industry, named Jyoti as one of the most powerful women in the travel industry worldwide.


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Mr. Rajiv Gujral
Chief Operating Officer & Sr. Vice President
Mergers, Acquisitions & Development

Rajiv Gujral is heading Merger, Acquisitions and Development for the Group. In the 33 years with the Group Mr. Gujral has held various positions in the company from Sales and Marketing, heading operations and development for Eastern Region and International Division. Mr. Gujral has served on the Board of International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA), currently a member of the Chain Council, President of Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI), apart from being the Chairman of West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation and Chairman Tourism Sub-Committee of the Associate Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ASOCHAM).

He has been responsible for creating Taj Asia Ltd., and for bringing in CC Africa to develop Wildlife Safaris in India with Taj Group. Mr. Gujral is on the board of Taj International Hotels (Hongkong) and Oriental Hotels (Hongkong).

Mr. Gujral has been appointed the Chairman of the All India Board of Hotel Management and Catering Technology by the Union Ministry of Human Resources for a period of 3 years from 1st September 2006. He is also a member of the World Presidents Organisation (WPO).

Mr. Rajiv Gujral graduated in Business Management, majoring in Marketing from Banares University (BHU).


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Mr. Prabhat Pani
Chief Executive Officer
Roots Corporation Limited

As CEO of the wholly-owned subsidiary of The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Prabhat Pani manages the operations of Ginger Hotels and is responsible for their growth across India.

Before joining the Taj Group, Prabhat Pani served as Chief Operating Officer in Tata Telesevices Limited. He has extensive experience across wide geographies in India in handling portfolios of Sales, Marketing and Operations in large companies engaged in the FMCG and Telecom space.

He has been actively associated with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and has been a member of the Southern Regional Council the last three years, while co-chairing the Sub-Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility.

Prabhat Pani holds a degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad.


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