Renowned in Hospitality Industry as Hotel Sales & Marketing Expert. Total experience of 46 years in the field of Hospitality, Insurance, Pharma & Exports. Of this over 37 years has been in the Hospitality sector (24 years with Taj Group of Hotels), covering India & GCC. He specializes in Sales & Marketing with knowledge of F&B Operations.

He also worked as Sales & Marketing Head / Consultant for past 9 years for Upscale & Mid Hotel Chains. He was associated with Taj Hotels, The Fern Hotels, Kohinoor Hotels, MRG Group (Goldfinch Hotels), Intellistay Hotels (Mango Hotels). His expertise lies in possessing strong analytical & organizational abilities with adeptness in formulating systems and processes to help hotels increase revenues.

Masters in Business Administration & Degree in Hotel Management & Catering Technology from IHM Mumbai with over 35 years of rich cross cultural and insightful hospitality Experience in the areas of Hotel Operations, Hotel Projects & Pre-opening, F&B setup and Operations, Procurement & Negotiations, Profit Centre Operations in Hospitality Industry.

Having diversified experience in handling hotels, F&B Retails, Restaurant Chains, Inflight Catering, Central Kitchens in India and abroad. He was associated with various renowned brands like Speciality Restaurants (MainLand China, Global Grills Sigree, Hoppipola, Oh Calcutta), Baskin Robins, The Ambassador Group, Sterling Restaurants Doha & RKHS.

In his career spanning over 32 years, Chef Sudhir Pai has worked with some of the best brands in the market, conceptualized several restaurants as well as designed menus for various bistros and lounges

Over his long career, he has amassed a diversity of valuable skill-sets and has gained the experience of tackling several demanding responsibilities.

The diversity of roles, kitchens and contexts that he has worked in has given him an in-depth and perceptive understanding of the Indian food industry in a global context Associated with many top hotel brands like Leela Penta Mumbai, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines USA, Sahara Airport Hotel K.S.A, Oberoi Towers Mumbai, Dubai Metropolitan Hotel, Ambassadors Sky Chef Mumbai, Orchid an Ecotel Hotel Mumbai, Sarovar Hotels India, Hindustan Unilver Food Solutions, Holiday Inn Hotel Mumbai and done numerous projects in setting up Kitchen and Restaurants.