Benares Hotels Limited announced that the Board of Directors have appointed Mr. Beejal Desai as an Additional Director (Non-Executive) on the Board of the Company with effect from February 8, 2023. Mr. Beejal Desai has over 37 years of rich, extensive & cross functional experience and specialises in the areas of Legal, Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Corporate Affairs, Compliance & Investor relations. Mr. Desai has worked in leadership positions across diversified sectors including Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, Forging, etc.

He holds an LLB degree and is a fellow member of Institute of the Company Secretaries of India, besides attending Harvard leadership programme. He has pioneered digitisation of various legal & compliance projects within the organisation. He has won several National & International awards, notably Best Company Secretary ­ Leisure & Hospitality ­ Asia 2019 by Ethical Boardroom, London I Best Corporate Governance in India & Asia from Ethical Board, London for two consecutive years in a row in 2018 & 2019 respectively I Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance ­ 2019 & 2022 by Institute of Directors, London I He was also conferred a certificate of excellence in Corporate Governance from Institute of the Company Secretaries of India in 2007 & 2022 in addition to Best All India Investor Relations Award 2017.