Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited announced that at the board meeting held on March 08, 2024, the company approved the appointment of Mr. Mahesh Iyer as the Chief Business Officer ­ Leisure Hospitality business and Senior Management Personnel of the Company with effect from March 11, 2024. Mr. Mahesh has done his B.Tech (Mechanical) from Calicut University and Masters in Business Administration (Marketing) from Madras University. He has also attended a General Management course from Cornell and a Emerging Leaders Program from IIM-A. Mahesh has an overall experience of over 28 years in the Hospitality Industry with 18 years at the largest hotel chain in India, The Taj Group of Hotels and over 7 years of Pan-India /Regional leadership role with one of the fastest growing hotel chain, Lemon Tree Group.

Mahesh has also managed development of hotel assets for a real estate group. Mahesh has exposure to Group operations, General Management, Sales & Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Development, People Management, Design and Development, Project concept to implementation and financial management and Asset Management.