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Team Travelguru |
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| Ashwin Damera: CEO and Co-founder |
| Ashwin worked for Citibank in Madras
and Mumbai in various financial and operating roles.
A strong interest in the growth and success of low
cost airlines led Ashwin to work for Dave Barger,
the President and COO of JetBlue Airways. With an
extensive network of family and ex-colleagues in India,
he has returned to India as a successful entrepreneur.
He has completed his MBA degree from Harvard Business
School. Ashwin also holds a chartered accountant qualification
from India. |
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| Ganesh Rengaswamy: Co-founder |
| Ganesh brings extensive business
transformation and information technology experience
to Travelguru.com. At Infosys Technologies, he managed
mission critical engagements for Fortune 1000 clients
in financial services, transportation and online retail
sectors. He was also an integral part of the Infosys
Retail Business unit’s client acquisition and
alliance initiatives. Ganesh did a stint with a cross
border venture capital firm before joining Harvard
Business School. He has a management diploma from
IIM, Calcutta (India) in systems strategy and bachelors
degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology-Varanasi / IT-BHU, where he was a valedictorian. |
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Rajesh Jindal: Chief Financial Officer |
Rajesh is an MBA in finance from NMIMS in Mumbai. He has eleven years of post qualification experience with companies like Essar Steel, Marico, and Inox Leisure. He has been involved with new business initiatives such as Kaya Skin Care, where being part of the strategy team for business expansion and product diversification he had setup systems and procedures for the new unit.
Before joining Travelguru, Rajesh was heading finance at Inox Leisure as Vice President – Finance. He was part of the core team at Inox to take the company public in Jan 2006 with an IPO and was also part of the team for an acquisition transaction. |
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| Deepak Mavinkurve: Vice President Operations |
Deepak has over 12 years of travel
management and operations experience in leading travel
companies like Thomas Cook, Carlson Wagonlit and Rosenbluth
Travel. During his tenures he managed corporate travel
for some of the largest global travel accounts like
Halliburton, Flour Daniel, Infosys and Wipro. Prior
to joining Travelguru, Deepak was Deputy General Manager
at ICICI OneSource, India’s leading BPO company,
where he pioneered travel BPO services in India. He
has vast experience in transitioning and running operations
for some of the largest travel brands of Europe.
Deepak is an IATA/UFTAA advanced diploma holder and
holds Travel Consultancy certifications from Air India,
British Airways and Singapore Airlines. |
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Shaun Dubash: Vice President, Business Development |
| Shaun has been with Travelguru since its inception and heads the supplier relations for Travelguru. An MBA, Shaun has 8 years experience in the corporate world and has been a part of India’s largest chain of 5-star hotels – The Taj Group of Hotels. He has also been an entrepreneur for 4 years and his several learnings have been incorporated in the way he works today. Shaun prides himself in the ability to understand people, thus resulting in a highly motivated team that spans the country. |
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