Wenceslaus U. Vedanayagam (Veda) joined the Louvre Group in February 2016, as Executive Director of Finance for the MENA region. He brings a wealth of hospitality experience to his role, having previously held positions in Hotels, Regional Offices in Europe, and Hotel Owning Companies based in the Middle East. His experience covers Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

In a career spanning many years, he worked as Financial Controller at Holiday Inn Hotels and Movenpick Hotel. Moving on, he worked as Business Support Manager (Asset Management) and Senior Manager Consolidation and Reporting with Kingdom Hotels Investments. Before joining the Louvre Group, he worked as VP Finance & Asset Management (Hospitality) at Rani International Development (Aujan Group).