ITC Limited :: Leadership

S C Sekhar, Sr. Executive Vice President, Hotels Division, joined ITC Limited as the Financial Controller of ITC Mughal, Agra in 1978 and has over 34 years of experience in the Hospitality Industry. He is a Chartered Account by profession. Over the years, he has handled a wide range of responsibilities including that of Financial Controller, Finance Manger - Projects, Executive Assistant to Chairman - Hotels Division and Divisional Controller before taking over as the Finance Head of the business in 1992. Subsequently, As Executive Vice President, his portfolio included Finance, Treasury, Audit, Legal and Information Technology. As Executive Director on the Board of erstwhile ITC Hotels Limited, he was responsible for Projects, Development & Investments.

He is currently a Director on the boards of International Travel House Ltd, Adyar Gate Hotels Ltd, Gujarat Hotels Ltd, Srinivasa Resorts Ltd, Fortune Park Hotels Ltd, Maharaja Heritage Resorts Ltd, Bay Island Hotels Ltd, Mansingh Hotels & Resorts Ltd and Managing Director of Landbase India Limited.

Alwyn R Noronha is Executive Vice President – Projects, Hotels Division. Noronha joined ITC in 1976 just after graduating in Electrical Engineering. During his long tenure, he has handled senior Operational Engineering assignments and played a key role in the construction of almost all the ITC Hotel properties. He also initiated modernization, technology and quality upgradation in various operating hotels. He played an important role in achievement of LEED Platinum rating for all ITC Hotels.

Gautam Anand is Vice-President, Pre-opening Operations, Hotels Division. He joined ITC in 1980 as a management trainee and was posted at Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi. He was instrumental in the commissioning of ITC Kakatiya, Hyderabad in 1995 and headed the property as General Manager for five years. In 2000, he took charge of ITC Maurya, New Delhi as Vice-President and General Manager. In 2005, Anand shifted to the Divisional HO to head a cross-functional team as Vice President, Operational Support & Quality. In his current assignment as head of pre-opening services, he has successfully launched ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru and is currently engaged with the pre-opening preparedness of ITC Grand Chola, Chennai. This is likely to be followed by ITC Green Bharat, Gurgaon. Currently on the anvil is the operations planning for ITC Kolkata II and several other ITC Hotels' greenfield projects.