Patanjali (Patu) Keswani
Chairman & Managing Director
Patu is a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Kolkata. He was presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Delhi in 2011 and by IIM Kolkata in 2012. Patu worked for over 15 years in the Tata Administrative Services, where his last role was as Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Taj Business Hotels. Subsequently Patu has also worked with A.T. Kearney Inc., as Director in their India Office.
Patu promoted Lemon Tree Hotels in 2002.
Rahul Pandit
President & Executive Director
Rahul is a graduate of the Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, New Delhi and is a former member of the Indian Karate team. He has studied brand management, HR management and innovation at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and Cornell-Nanyang. Rahul previously worked across India, USA and Singapore with Choice Hotels, Taj Hotels, Spectramind and Intercontinental Hotels. He also serves on the Confederation of Indian Industry's National Tourism Committee.
Jagdish Kumar Chawla
Executive Vice President - Projects & Engineering Services
Jagdish is an engineer from Pusa Polytechnic, Delhi and has 20 years of experience with The Taj Group of Hotels - including as Chief Engineer of Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi and as a senior member of the team that built Jai Mahal Palace Hotel, Jaipur and Taj Residency Hotel, Lucknow.
Davander Singh Tomar
Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs
Davander is an M.A. and an L.L.B. from Delhi University and has 18 years of experience with The Taj Group of Hotels - including as Area Security Manager, Taj Group, Delhi.
Kapil Sharma
Chief Financial Officer
Kapil is a Chartered Accountant. His last assignment was as Head-Finance and Accounts, Leroy Somer (Emerson Group). Kapil has close to over two decades of experience in the finance and commercial function, and has also worked with DHL Worldwide Express and Onida Finance.
Saurabh Nandi
Chief Marketing Officer
Saurabh is a B.Tech in Electronics from M.S. University, Baroda and an MBA from IIM Kolkata. Saurabh previously worked for over 14 years with Procter & Gamble (P&G), across Sales & Marketing, in many countries. In his last role at P&G, Saurabh led marketing at ASEAN Modern Trade, based out of Thailand.
Major Rajesh Chauhan
Chief People Officer
Rajesh graduated from the National Defence Academy, Pune. He holds a masters degree in Public Administration and a PGD in Personnel Management. Rajesh was associated with The Oberoi Group, prior to his last assignment with IHHR Hospitality (Ananda and Ista Hotels) where he was working as Vice President - Human Resources.
Mohit Chobey
Chief Sales Officer
Mohit completed his MBA from MDI Gurgaon. Over the past 14 years, he has had wide ranging experience in sales with some of the best sales organizations in India across industries ranging from FMCG and Automobiles to Banking and Insurance. Mohit’s last assignment was with Bharti AXA heading Direct Distribution for the company.
Aradhana Lal
Vice President - Corporate Communications & Sustainability Initiative
Aradhana is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and has 20 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, Corporate Communications and now Sustainability. She was earlier Vice President - Sales & Marketing at Lemon Tree Hotels. Aradhana’s was previously Sales & Operations Manager at Hindustan Lever Network (known as Aviance earlier), the multi-level marketing business of Hindustan Unilever. Prior to that Aradhana was with the Taj Group of Hotels.
Sumant Jaidka
Chief Operating Officer - Lemon Tree Hotels
Sumant is a graduate from the Salzburger School of Hotel Management, Austria. His last assignment was as Executive Assistant Manager, Crowne Plaza, New Delhi. He has worked with the The Taj Group of Hotels, Hilton, Maurya Sheraton and Hyatt Regency.
Amrit Pal Singh Kapoor
Vice President - Sales
Amrit completed his Post Graduation Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai in 1994. He began his career with the Oberoi Group of Hotels, post which he has been associated with Max (now Vodafone) and Citi Financials. His experience also includes working with Fullerton as Product and Strategy Head for Retail Business.
Nikhil Sharma
Assistant Vice President - Operations
Nikhil is a graduate of the Institute of Hotel Management, Pusa, Delhi. His last stint was as a senior Front Office team member at Grand Intercontinental Hotel, Delhi. His experience includes Taj Hotels in Delhi and Udaipur, Marriot in Mumbai and Intercontinental in Srinagar and Delhi.
Cyrus Madan
Assistant Vice President - Development and Feasibility
Cyrus is a graduate from the Welcome group Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal. He was earlier head of operations at Red Fox Hotels. Cyrus has previously worked with GE Capital and the Taj Group of Hotels.
Vikramjit Singh
Assistant Vice President & National Director of Sales
Vikramjit is a graduate of the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi and a post graduate in Hospitality Management and Administration from the Taj Group of Hotels. He was last an entrepreneur in Assam where he ran his own hotel.
Sareena Kochar
Assistant Vice President - Housekeeping
Sareena is a B. Sc. from Kurukshetra University with professional diplomas in Hotel Management. Her last assignment was as Corporate Executive Housekeeper, VLCC Health Care. Prior to this she was with Howard International and Jaypee Residency Manor in Mussorie, Vasant Continental, Delhi and Intercontinental in Delhi, Goa and Srinagar.
Rajiv Tyagi
Assistant Vice President - Finance
Rajiv is a commerce graduate from Delhi University. He has worked for over 25 years with ITC Maurya Sheraton and the Taj Group of Hotels (Delhi), where he was last the Area Credit Manager, Taj Group, Delhi.
Naresh Chander Malhotra
Assistant Vice President - Projects & Engineering Services
Naresh is a mechanical engineer, a graduate (Delhi University) and holds part ‘A' AMIE certification. His last assignment was as Chief Engineer, Batra Hospital. His experience also encompasses the Taj Group of Hotels, Clarks Hotels, Santa Cruz International Airport and Indraprastha Power Station.
Rajesh Kumar
Assistant Vice President - Human Resources
Rajesh is a post graduate in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. His last assignment was as Senior Manager-Human Resources, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts. Over a career spanning 11 years, he has worked with Select Holiday Resorts, Gurgaon, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and Oberoi McAlpine India Limited, Shimla.
Shailen Verma
Assistant Vice President - Engineering Services
Shailen is a mechanical engineer from University of Delhi. He has worked with Oberoi Group of Hotels, Hotel Royal Ajbar - Dubai, Sheraton Doha Hotel & Resorts and The Palaces of the Ruler, Doha, Qatar and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide INC. His last assignment was associated with Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario as Director Projects and Operations.
Arun Khanna
Assistant Vice President & National Head - Travel Trade.
Arun graduated from Meerut College and has also qualified the Leadership Development Program from Center for Creative Leadership, Singapore. Over the past 20 years, he has had a wide ranging experience across industries including Media, Online Travel Agents and Start-ups. His last assignment was with Mahindra Resorts as the National Business Development Head - Travel Services.
Saket Puri
General Manager - Finance
Saket is a CA with over 18 years of experience. His last assignment was as a Finance Consultant with Spraylite Industries, Dubai. Prior to this, Saket has worked across the manufacturing, construction, shipping and hospitality industries in India and Dubai.
Joginder Singh
General Manager - Projects & Engineering Services
Joginder is a Mechanical Engineer. His last assignment was as Manager-Engineering Services with Indian Tourism Development Corporation. Over a career spanning 24 years, he has also worked with the Taj Group of Hotels.
Inder Pal Batra
General Manager - Finance
Inder is a Chartered Accountant. His last assignment was as Manager Accounts with Ajanta Offset & Packaging Limited. With over a decade of experience in the finance function, he has also worked with Frontier Biscuit Factory, New Delhi, Arti Foods and Fats, New Delhi and P. S. Kohli & Company, New Delhi.
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Lt. Colonel Narendar Chowdhry (Retd.)
General Manager - Security & Administration
Narendar is a commerce graduate from Delhi University. He was an Indian Army officer for 20 years and handled security, intelligence, administration and logistics in both combat and peace time. Narendar was part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka and Kargil.
R. Hari
General Manager-Human Resources
Hari is a post graduate in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations and a post graduate in Arts with a professional degree in Law. His last assignment was as General Manager–Human Resources, VLCC. Over a career spanning 24 years, Hari has worked with Sun n Sand, Pune; Holiday Inn, Ooty; Ahmedabad and Vadodara and with ITDC.
Tarun Lakhanpal
General Manager - Revenue Management & Distribution
Tarun is a graduate of the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bangalore. He has previously worked with Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie and Hotel Nikko New Delhi. Tarun leads the Revenue Management and Distribution function at Lemon Tree Hotels.
Rakesh Kumar
General Manager - Projects & Engineering Services
Rakesh is an engineer from Bangalore University, Karnataka and has 23 years of experience in India and abroad. His last assignment was as Head-Installation, DCM Shriram Consolidated prior to which he worked with A.P.I.L. (Ansals), T.C.I.L. and KSA.
Ajai Kumar
Chief Information Officer
Ajai is an MCA from Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur, UP. He has 19 years of experience in the management of IT, including solution design, enterprise wide implementation, data centers, networks, process re-engineering and managing change. Prior to joining Lemon Tree Hotels, Ajai worked with blue chip corporates- Anand Automotive Systems, Blue Dart, Central Cottage Industries, Gati & BAX Global India.
Naveen Sharma
General Manager-Sales (North)
Naveen is a post graduate in Marketing Management from IGNOU and a Hotel Management graduate from NIHM, Bhubaneswar. He has worked with Park Royal, The Manu Maharani, The Bristol, Jaypee Hotels and The Grand. His last assignment was with Galaxy Hotels and Kingdom of Dreams, as Director of Sales & Marketing.