Profile

Suma Venkatesh

Executive Vice President - Real Estate & Development
The Indian Hotels Company Limited

Ms. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development Suma Venkatesh is an accomplished executive with over 30 years’ experience across real estate development, project management, technical services, M&A, asset management, infrastructure finance, and advisory roles. As Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development at IHCL, she drives growth through hotel developments, acquisitions and asset management, contributing to significant portfolio expansion, delivery of projects over US$ 500 million, a 2.5x portfolio growth, and strong management fee earnings. Earlier, she held key roles at ICICI Bank and Portman Overseas in infrastructure finance and real estate development. An engineer and a management graduate by qualification, she is recognized for mentoring, D&I, ESG, continuous learning, and notable academic and professional awards, including the lIPT Global Award for Women Leaders at ITB Berlin.