Vikramjit Singh Oberoi on 24 March 2015 was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of the EIH Limited which runs the Oberoi hotels under the aegis of The Oberoi Group. He will take the charge from 1 April 2015.
He was appointed as the MD following the resignation of Shib Sanker Mukherji as Chief Executive.
The decision of restructuring the top management was taken at a board meeting chaired by the Chairman Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi.
Currently, Vikram Oberoi is a Joint MD and Chief Operating Officer (COO). He joined EIH’s board first as a non-executive director in December 1993 and became an Executive Director in July 2004.
Vikram Oberoi has for years been Managing Director of EIH Associated Hotels Ltd, a joint venture between the Oberois and the Rajan Raheja group, which runs Trident hotels.
The Oberoi Group is a global hotel company with its head office in Delhi. The Oberoi hotel was founded in 1934 and it owns and operates 20+ hotels and two cruisers in five countries.
It remains one of the most decorated hotel chains in the world with many of its group hotels winning various awards and accolades.