Alfred Ford - Chairman

Alfred has taken an active role in several large tourism projects in India including the Mayapur Planetarium with 2,000 hotel rooms and extensive botanical gardens, in West Bengal. Alfred Ford, the great grandson of Henry Ford, is a director of the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Ford Family Office Group and the Mayapur Foundation. Ford is also a board member and part owner of ChannelNet LLC, a technology company from California, which builds IT systems for Fortune 500 companies. He is Chairman of McPhar Ltd, involved in distance sensing and gamma ray detection for the oil exploration industry, worldwide.
He is an active investor in the equity markets, property development, software development and other business ventures. Ford also sits on the boards of numerous charitable institutions, has received several awards for his support to Indian culture and is married to Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya for the last twenty years.

John Sims - Managing Director

John has over 14 years of working experience in India, primarily in tourism and hospitality development as well as in small mining projects. He is the Chairman of Mines Management Private Limited, a diamond exploration company working in Andhra Pradesh. Sims was President of Club Indus, a resort division of The Oberoi Hotel Group, and founded The SITA Group in Florida, a resort development and marketing company which has eventually become The Hyatt Vacation Club. He also gained extensive experience in his early years of marketing commercial properties in Los Angeles.

Glenn Trotman - Director and CFO

Glenn has over 20 years of Investment Banking experience and was Director at HSBC Asset Management (HK), Bank of Bermuda (HK) and BNP Paribas Asset Management (HK). He has extensive experience in managing and raising investment portfolios for a number of Central Banks, Institutions, Pension Funds and Private investors throughout Asia.

Ajay Dabra - Director Corporate Affairs

Ajay studied law at Himachal Pradesh University, and has lived in the proposed ski village area for 19 years where he is active in construction & development. He developed Manali Resort, a 50 room 3 star hotel.

Nasser Munjee - Director

Nasser is the former MD & CEO of Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation of India, and is Senior Advisor to KPMG. A board member of 12 listed companies and banks; Mr. Munjee studied at London School of Economics and University of Chicago. He was President of Bombay Chambers of Commerce and Industry and is the chairman of The Indian Association for Savings and Credit.

Roddy Sale - Director

Roddy has extensive experience of dealing in Indian capital markets, specializing in multinational entry and acquisition strategies particularly in mining, media and telecom industries. He was instrumental in establishing the Indian office of Jardine Fleming and has vast understanding of Private Equity Financing and Mergers & Acquisitions. He was also the Managing Director and the head of Investment Banking at JP Morgan, India & Sri Lanka.