Oriental Hotels Limited announced that at the board meeting held on April 18, 2024, the company has appointed Mr. Ankur Dalwani as an additional director of the Company in the category of non-executive director with effect from July 01, 2024, replacing Mr. Giridhar Sanjeevi, who shall retire from his office on June 30, 2024. Mr. Ankur Dalwani, aged 49 years, is currently the Chief Financial Officer (Designate) of The Indian Hotels Company Limited. He was the Senior Vice President, Group CFO's Office -Tata Sons Pvt Ltd. and Member of the Board at Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited & Tata Housing Development Company Limited.

Mr. Ankur Dalwani has about 26 years of extensive experience in Corporate Finance & Strategy, Investment Banking & M&A and Leading roles across sectors including the real estate sector. He began his career in 1997 and has worked at CRISIL (subsidiary of S&P International), Enron India, DSP Merrill Lynch, IDFC Capital, Jefferies India Private Limited, L&T Financial Services (LTFS) and briefly at Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited. His previous position at L&T Finance carried P&L responsibility for a large operating business.

He has built relationships with the investor community and his competencies include corporate finance skills, strategic analysis of businesses, M&A and fund raising across capital structures. Mr. Ankur Dalwani is MBA (Finance) from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and Bachelor in Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.