indian hotels co ltd-gdr (IDHCF:OTC US)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Raymond N. E. Bickson has been the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited since July 19, 2003. Mr. Bickson serves as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces. He has an extensive international hotel experience in operations and management and his experience in hospitality spans thirty years and four continents. He served fifteen years as the Vice President and ... General Manager of Mark in New York for Rafael Group Hoteliers Monaco and with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. In January 2003, Mr. Bickson moved to India and joined Taj Luxury Hotels as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the operations of all luxury properties and playing a key role in the global expansion and development of future hotels. 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 Hotel Plaza Athenee Paris, Le Montreux Palace Switzerland and Kahala Hilton Hawaii. He has been Chairman of Taj Lanka Hotels PLC since March 29, 2011. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Taj SATS Air Catering Limited and Taj Trade and Transport Co Ltd. Mr. Bickson serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Indian Resorts Hotels Ltd. He serves as Chairman of United Hotels Limited. He has been a Director of Benares Hotels Ltd., since May 23, 2006, Taj Luxury Hotels since January 2003, and TAJGVK Hotels & Resorts Limited since April 21, 2003. He serves as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Oriental Hotels Limited. He also serves as a Director of PIEM International (H. K.) Ltd., OHL International (H.K.) Ltd., Taj International (H.K.) Ltd., Taj Wilderness Lodges Ltd., Taj Maldives Pvt Ltd., Taj Asia Ltd., Piem Hotels Limited and Roots Corporation Limited. He has been a Director of United Hotels Ltd. since September 16, 2004. Mr. Bickson has been a Director of Indian Hotels Co Ltd since January 9, 2003 and Indian Resorts Hotels Ltd. since September 11, 2003. He serves as a Member of the Advisory Board of Kiwi Collection Inc. He serves as an Advisory Board Member of Leading Hotels of The World (LHW), Cornell Hotel School Centre for Hospitality Research and Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland. He served as a Director at Tata Ceramics Ltd. until September 13, 2007. Mr. Bickson is a Member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF). He was voted one of the Top 10 Best Hotel Managers by Leaders Magazine from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Bickson received Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in Boston. He also studied at the Goethe Institute in Berlin, the Alliance Française in Paris, the Université de Sorbonne in Paris, L'école Hôtellière, Lausanne, and studied Financial Mgmt Course in Cornell University in New York, Production & Services course from Ecole Lernania de Lausanne, Switzerland. In May 2006, he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Business Administration in Hospitality Management (honoris causa) from the Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island, USA.Institute.

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