Global leadership
An Executive Board of academicians, authors, operators and analysts, drawn from six countries and seasoned in the world’s most exacting institutions, who ensure that every strategy of the Group is backed by the latest inputs and insights.
Six countries, one standard
The Group is led by its Global Chairperson & CEO, Lakshita Raya Ankem, and governed by an Executive Board whose members were educated and seasoned in the institutions below.
Strategy and marketing from the business school that set the standard for the Board.
The discipline of the world’s finest hospitality, carried into the Group’s client experience.
Service leadership honed in the houses that define luxury guest experience.
Operational excellence delivered for enterprises in the Gulf.
Market entry and operations across the Emirates.
Engineering, research and public administration, from the Group’s home market.
Leadership
Academicians, authors, operators and analysts, educated and seasoned across the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and India, who ensure that every strategy is backed by the latest inputs and insights.
Director, Governance & Institutional Policy
More than two decades in academic administration, policy development and institutional governance. Gold Medallist in her Master’s in History and author of Bhakti Movement and Women, she brings governance, regulatory and institutional rigour to the Group.
Operations Director
Operations Director with mandates across Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and India. An engineer by training from the Vellore Institute of Technology and a Warwick Business School alumnus, he leads operational excellence across markets.
Director, Guest Experience & Hospitality
Luxury hospitality leadership honed with The St. Regis Hotels & Resorts and Four Seasons, and trained at the Swiss Hotel Management School. He brings the standard of the world’s finest houses to the Group’s client experience.
Director, Research & Artificial Intelligence
Market research and AI-powered decision-making. Educated at Warwick Business School and Osmania University, he directs the research methods and intelligent systems behind the Group’s advisory.
