Anil Chadha was appointed the Divisional Chief Executive of ITC's Hotels business on September 30, 2021. Prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer of the business since December 2019. An alumni of the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA), Chadha joined ITC in 1992.
Apart from a brief hiatus of one and a half years, Chadha has spent his entire career with ITC Hotels, heading key properties in New Delhi, Agra, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Chennai. He took over as Vice President, Operations of the business in April, 2019.
Chadha has been recognised as the Hotelier of the Year by BBC Food Awards in 2018, Hotelier of the Year by the Hindustan Times Brunch magazine, Whisky GM of the Year by Whisky Magazine - Icons of Whisky India, General Manager of the Year by Business World Hotelier among many others.