• Total of 46 years experience. Of this, 40 years has been in Sales & Marketing (5 years in Pharma & 35 years in Hospitality. Of the 35 years in Hospitality, 24 years were with Taj Group of Hotels.During last more than half a decade was also involved in F&B Operations during my role as Consultant in Sales & Marketing during my assignments.Core Strengths:• Strong analytical & organizational abilities with adeptness in formulating systems and processes. • Possess excellent numerical & analytical abilities which helped during sales negotiations.• Developing plans & strategies depending on market needs or as demanded by ground situation. • Acquiring Market knowledge & keeping tab on competitor’s activities on a continuous basis.• Good sound knowledge of the Hospitality industry – both in terms of Sales & Marketing as also F&B Operations. • Strong inter-personal skills which resulted in developing effective teams. This also helped in getting my colleagues to put in that extra bit to achieve better results when the situation demanded.• Good training skills to help develop the potential of less experienced. Was nominated to spearhead the training aspect of newly recruited Sales Executives in conjunction with HR. Thereafter, given assignments for imbibing Sales Skills to Operation Managers during their Training Programmes.• Have always been looked at as an achiever due to my being tenacious, strong-willed, a go-getter, optimistic and strong urge to meet goals/deadlines set.• Above has resulted in my having been able to increase revenues in each of my work employments. In Taj, got recognition in terms of revenues generated for the Group. Was also given tasks in times of crisis which were always successfully handled. As a Consultant with Concept Hospitality, Aitken Spence, Kohinoor Group, Sai Palace, MRG Group, Intellistay Hotels I was successful in increasing revenues substantially.• Anticipating possible hurdles and developing strategies to overcome the same. Experience Summary:• Hospitality Related: Working as Consultant through my company – Wagle Inventures LLP . Worked with Intellistay Hotels (2017), MRG Group (2016), Sai Palace Group of Hotels (2016), Kohinoor Group of Hotels (2013), Aitken Spence Group (2013). All these were on assignment basis & worked full time taking one assignment at a time.Employed with -- Concept Hospitality (2009), Taj Group of Hotels (1982) in India and UAE.• Non Hospitality Related: Varkey Group, Dubai (2009), Gannon Exports (1982), Glaxo Laboratories (1976), New India Assurance Co. (1974)