 Mr. Suresh Kumar - President |
An Advanced Management Qualification (AMQ) degree holder from School of Business – Bond University, Australia and a science graduate from Delhi University, Mr. Kumar joined ITC Hotels Ltd., as a Management Trainee in the year 1978. It was sheer dedication and strong work ethics that soon earned Mr. Kumar the portfolio of General Manager in ITC Welcomgroup’s prestigious hotels.
In a career spanning over two decades, Mr. Suresh Kumar has held several managerial portfolios in ITC Ltd., which in turn have contributed effectively towards the business dynamics of ITC Hotels. Prior to taking over the mantle of President, Fortune Park Hotels, Mr. Kumar had very successfully piloted the Southern Region for ITC Ltd. as Vice – President , Southern Region
(Bangalore) and was positioned in New Delhi for the past one and half years as Vice –President – ITC Hotels (Operations).
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During the course of this journey, Mr. Kumar has won a number of accolades for the hotels, and has been awarded, “The Green Hotelier” award by International Hotels and Restaurants Association (IHRA) in 1996. |
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| Mr. Raghu Wahi - GM Finance |
 Mr. Wahi is one of the senior resources of ITC Ltd. He started his career in May`1976 and was posted at Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Division, Guntur. He was subsequently posted at various divisions of ITC Ltd. (Green Leaf Threshing Division, Bangalore in 1979; ITC Sharanpur in 1984 and ITC Ltd. in 1989).
His first posting in ITC Ltd. was at Welcomgroup Vadodra as Unit Financial Controller. He was then posted at Chola Sheraton, ITC Maurya Sheraton as Area Financial Controller and Financial Controller respectively.
He was the Project Controller for a major project at Bombay (ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton) as Project Controller.
He is presently posted at FPHL as GM Finance.
His qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Arts and P.G.D.B.M from Xavier Institute, Jamshedpur.
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| Mr. Abinash Manghani - Head Sales and Marketing |
 Mr. Manghani joined ITC Ltd. in the year 1987 and rose to become Marketing Manager, Maurya Sheraton Hotels in September`2000. In between 1992-94 he completed his MBA Programme at AIM, Manila (Philippines) on a scholarship where after he joined ITC Ltd. in 1994-97. Mr. Manghani left in September`2000 to join Colliers International as GM of their Delhi Operations. He has recently joined FPHL in the capacity of Head Sales & Marketing. He is an alumnus of IHM Dadar, Mumbai. |
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| Mr. Vijay Wanchoo - GM Operations |
 Has a good blend of over 20 years experience in chain and owner driven hotels. He started his career in F&B Production with Oberoi Hotels and after 8-year stint moved to F&B and general management with Holiday Inn Hotels and The Imperial, New Delhi. Thereafter he joined FPHL as GM (Operations). |
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| Chef O.P. Khantwal - Corporate Chef |
 Chef Khantwal has been associated with brands such as the Oberoi, Hilton, Sheraton and ITC Hotels. He has a vast experience of about 27 years gathered through both national and international assignments. His stints abroad include the Hilton International, Sheraton Worldwide and Oberois, Baghdad. He joined ITC Hotels in 1992 and his postings as Executive Chef have been at Welcomgroup properties namely Searock (Mumbai),Windsor Manor (Bangalore), Chola Sheraton (Chennai) and Kakatiya at Hyderabad.
Chef Khantwal was nominated twice as one of the top 5 chefs in India for the prestigious H&FS award. He has also been the founder president of South India Culinary Association and Culinary Association of Andhra Pradesh. Now he is the regional director for Indian Federation of Culinary Association. Recently Chef Khantwal has been awarded the Golden Hat Award and Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution towards the professionals, hotel industry and the society. |
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| Ms. Nandita Gupta - Head - Human Resources |
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Ms. Nandita Gupta brings with her an enriched experience of 26 Years in Corporate Human Resources. She started her career as a Management Trainee with ITC Hotels Limited and during her tenure with ITCHL she was with Central Purchase and subsequently moved to Human Resources. She was seconded to International Travel House as Head - Human Resources in 2001 after a short stint at IIM, Ahmedabad.
Ms. Gupta has recently joined FPHL as Head of Human Resources at the corporate office. |
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| Mrs. Manju Rawat - Corporate Housekeeper |
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Mrs. Rawat started her career with ITC Ltd. as Asst. Floor Supervisor in ITC Maurya Sheraton Hotel & Towers in September`1977 and was promoted to Management Cadre in July`1984.
During her tenure with ITC Ltd. she was posted at Welcomgroup properties across India (Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur; Maurya Patna; Rama International, Aurangabad; Rajputana Palace, Jaipur)
Mrs. Rawat also had an International posting at Hotel Kathmandu, Nepal between 1986 to 1989. She is presently posted at FPHL as Corporate Housekeeper since March`2003.
She has done her graduation in B A (Arts) from Allahabad University in 1970 and
L T from Women Training College, Allahabad in 1976. |
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| Mr. Amandeep Sarna - Manager IT |
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Over 7 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. He started his career with Tide Pharmaceuticals and moved on to Bristol Hotel as Systems in charge in Oct`1997.
He has functional competence in all aspects of Software Development, Project Management, Network Design, Implementation and maintenance.
Mr. Sarna holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science and an Honors Diploma in Network Centered Computing. |
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| Mr. Vaibhav Verma - Corporate Manager - Sales and Marketing |
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Has over 11 years of experience in Media and Hospitality Industry. He started his career as Management Trainee and in Hotel Surya Bestwestern, New Delhi . Thereafter he moved to Ananda Bazaar Patrika, looking after the advertising sales of Business World Magazine. He joined Accor Hotels as Assistant Marketing Services Manager, Delhi and later started in partnership, Marketing Insights (A Hotel Marketing Company) and worked as a Sales Consultant for prominent Indian and International hotels including Accor. He joined Fortune Park Hotels as Corporate Manager - Sales and Marketing in 2004.
Mr. Verma is a graduate from Delhi University and an alumnus of IHM, Delhi (Pusa). He has done his Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising & Marketing and Post Graduate Diploma in PR from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan. He has completed his MBA from the same institute. |
