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Management

Patanjali (Patu) Keswani Chairman&ManagingDirector

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 Lemon tree 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.

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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, Lemon tree 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels - including as Chief Engineer of Lemon tree Palace Hotel, Delhi and as a senior member of the team that built Jai Mahal Palace Hotel, Jaipur and Lemon tree Residency Hotel, Lucknow.

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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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels - including as Area Security Manager, Lemon tree Group, Delhi

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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.

83 | P a g e 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.

84 | P a g e 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels.

85 | P a g e Sumant Jaidka

ChiefOperatingOfficer-LemonTreeHotels

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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels, Hilton, Maurya Sheraton and Hyatt Regency

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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.

86 | P a g e 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 Lemon tree 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels.

87 | P a g e 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels. He was last an entrepreneur in Assam where he ran his own hotel

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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.

88 | P a g e 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels (Delhi), where he was last the Area Credit Manager, Lemon tree 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels, Clarks Hotels, Santa Cruz International Airport and Indraprastha Power Station.

89 | P a g e 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.

90 | P a g e 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

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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.

91 | P a g e 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 Lemon tree Group of Hotels

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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.

93 | P a g e 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.

94 | P a g e 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.

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