Mr Gurpreet.S.Walia, is a citizen of India, born on 26th Feb. 1983, belongs to his hometown Chandigarh, Punjab. He pursued his bachelor degree in hotel management from 2000 to 2003 from an Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore. After attaining the hotel management degree, he joined Taj Group as a management trainee from 2004 to 2006, and remained in the group till 2010 as Senior Manager Operations.

Mr Gurpreet has also pursued his MBA during 2010-2011, from SDA Bocconi School of management, Milan, Italy. He was associated with LVMH Group (BVLGARI), Rome, Italy, India and Singapore, as an intern on the post of “Strategy and Business Development”. Since 2012, Mr Gurpreet has been associated with Accor Hotels, Delhi as a Manager –“Development and Investment”.

He is also a board member of SDA Bocconi Divino club and entrepreneur club, a certified auditor for HACCP and ISO 22000 by BVQI, and a teams member at national level chef competition in India.