Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited announced that the Board of Directors of the Company have February 23, 2024 on the basis of the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, approved the appointment of Mr. Ashutosh Pandey as the Chief Business Officer and Senior Management Personnel of the Company with effect from October 01, 2024. Mr. Ashutosh Pandey has done his B.E in Civil Engineering from BIT Sindri in 1995 and MBA from FMS Delhi in 1998. He has over 25+ years' experience in leadership roles across auto-tech, e-commerce, retail, hospitality, and consumer product businesses.

Ashutosh has been involved in incubating startups, scaling businesses, leading turnarounds, recrafting business models and organization cultures and managing post-merger integrations. He is currently the Managing Director & CEO of Mahindra First Choice Wheels, one of India's leading auto-tech company since July 2018. Prior to this, Ashutosh has conceptualized, launched and established Tata CLiQ.

He has also worked in organizations like Landmark (retail bookstores), Taj Group of Hotels, Accenture, Tata Communication, Tata Tea and others.