Dr. Vijay Mallya is the face of the $2 billion UB Group. Dr. Mallya took over the reins of The UB Group in 1983 at the tender age of 28 and has, since then, steered The UB Group to a multinational conglomerate and the 3rd largest spirits group in the world. Dr. Mallya is instrumental in shaping the Kingfisher brand as a truly global superbrand.

Before joining The UB Group ten years ago, Mr. Gupte has spent over 25 years in the civil aviation industry and has served as the acting Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. He comes on board Kingfisher Airlines as a strategic direction provider to the company.

Mr. Piyush Mankad is a distinguished member of the Indian Administrative Service and has served in the Cabinet Committee in the Ministry of Finance. He also serves on the board of various companies as an Independent Director.

Mr. Nedungadi is The President & Group CFO of The UB Group and brings to Kingfisher Airlines a rich and diverse experience of corporate finance with him.

Diwan Arun Nanda is the Chairman and Managing Director of Rediffusion DYR. He is a Gold Medallist from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and started his marketing career with Levers before he co-founded Rediffusion, one of the leading advertising agencies in India.

Mr. V K Rekhi is the President of the Spirits Division of The UB Group and has over 37 years of experience. He has served on the Board of various Public Companies both in India and abroad.

Dr. Naresh Trehan is India’s leading Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons. He founded the Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre and is its Executive Director. He has been conferred both Padmashree and Padmabushan awards by the Government of India. He has also been a Professor of Surgery at the New York University Medical Centre.

A Divisional Vice President with The UB Group, his valuable experience in the finance function is available on tap to Kingfisher Airlines. He is the Managing Director of United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd., which is the holding company of The UB Group.

Mr.Raghunathan is a Chartered Accountant who has served The UB Group for 26 years. He is responsible for the Finance and Accounts, Legal and Secretarial and Purchase and Administration functions at Kingfisher Airlines.

Hitesh has joined Kingfisher Airlines from JetBlue where he was Head of Engineering. Hitesh has to his credit, the record of having maintained the best fleet with the highest dispatch reliability of Airbus A320s world-wide. He is responsible for the Engineering, Maintenance, Flight Operations, Flight Dispatch and Technical Training functions at Kingfisher Airlines.

Rajesh has joined Kingfisher Airlines from Jet Airways where he worked for 10 years prior to which he was with ITC WelcomeGroup. He is responsible for the Guest Services, In Flight Services, Airports and Security functions at Kingfisher Airlines.

Capt. Gandhi is a senior Training Captain/Examiner on the A-320 aircraft. His distinguished career spans 32 years with Indian Airlines and a year with Air Deccan. He has a total flying experience of approximately 21000 hrs.

Mr Nene was formerly with Sahara Airlines where he was the Vice President - IT. Prior to that he was the Chief Information Officer at Kenya Airways Group of Companies. He has over 20 years of aviation IT experience.

Mr. Ramachandran joins us after 17 years of work experience. He worked with the ITC Hotels for 13 years and then joined Jet Airways in the capacity of General Manager for their operations at the Mumbai Airport. He then went on to take charge of their Western India airports followed by all India Airports.

Mr. Ramachandran joins us with 32 years of experience in the aviation industry behind him, with various leading airlines of the world, where he was carried out diverse profiles at the regional level & in the commercial, airport & cargo departments, He has worked in several countries across Asia, Middle East and Europe and was also involved in the North American market. He started his career with Singapore Airlines, after which he moved to Sri Lankan Airlines. He comes to us after his tenure with Qatar Airways where he functioned as the Regional Manager for Europe.

Mr. Tomar has over 26 years of Engineering experience. He started his career with Indian Airlines. After investing 16 years with Indian Airlines in Line Maintenance, Heavy Maintenance and Production Planning & Control, he joined Jet Airways. During his tenure with Jet Airways, he served in the capacity of Quality Control Manager and Technical Services Manager.

Mr. Bharat Raghavan is a qualified Company Secretary and has served The UB Group for 7 years. He is responsible for all legal and secretarial matters as well as statutory compliance.

Rubi was heading HR with TDV, a UB Group company, before moving as Head HR for Kingfisher Airlines. Prior to The UB Group, Rubi has worked as a Senior Consultant with the Human Capital Solutions Group of PWC and before that with Asian Paints.

Ajit heads the In-flight services function at Kingfisher Airlines. Ajit has worked with Qatar Airways and Jet Airways as Safety and Emergency Procedures Instructor. He has over 10 years of work experience.

Ashwani has joined us from Jet Airways where he was working as Station Manager-Delhi. With 15 years of Airline Industry experience, Ashwani was also associated with Damania Airlines and Udan Research and Flying Academy.

Bhupesh has over 20 years of experience in the Airline trade with leading companies like Smart Travel & Trade Services, New-Delhi as Head Charters & BPO Operations for 3 yrs. Bhupesh has also spent 6 years with Air Canada as Station Manager - New Delhi.

Capt. Jesudasan is an Examiner on the Airbus A 320. He retired as Director of Training at Indian Airlines and has over 20,000 hours of flying experience with him.

Captain Ravindran was an approved Check Pilot/Instructor and DGCA examiner on the Airbus 310. He was selected as Right Operations Inspector in 1991 and trained by ICAO specialists. He has logged over 11,628 hours of flying.

Leslie joins us from The UB Group with an immense knowledge base in the field of security.

Ratan has over 17 years of revenue management experience. He started his career with Emirates. After investing 10 years with Emirates, he joined Qatar Airways. He played an instrumental role in setting up the team for revenue management at Qatar Airways.

Sanjay has served as CEO of Taj Air and prior to that as Head of Corporate Affairs for Sahara Airlines where he worked for over 10 years.

Mr. Borkar is a Chartered Accountant. He joined the UB Group in 1988 as a Management Trainee. He have over 17 years of work experience in Accounts, Finance and Taxation.

Mr. Rindani has joined us from Jet Airways. He was the General Manager, Finance at Jet Airways. He is a Chartered Accountant and has over 15 years of work experience.

Mr. Ghorai joined Kingfisher Airlines in the Engineering department after his distinguished long service of over 35 years with vast engineering and administritive background in Indian Airlines. During this period he has served in the capacity of GM - Engineering, Flight Safety, Director of Projects and Regional Director of Eastern and Western regions.

Captain Marwah has over 20 years of experience in Indian aviation and was with Indian Airlines for 18 years prior to joining us. He has over 13000 hours of flying experience and currently is an examiner on the A320 fleet.

Gaurav has joined us from Jet Airways where he was Manager – Service Quality. He started his career with The Welcome Group. After that, he joined Air Sahara and then moved to Jet Airways. He has 13 years of work experience.

Vijay heads the Cargo function at Kingfisher Airlines. He has joined us from Bax Global Limited. Prior to that, he was with Lufthansa. He has over 15 years of Cargo experience. Prior to that, he was with the hotel industry for 9 years

Mr.Seetharaman has over 26 years of Engineering experience. He started his career with Indian Airlines. After investing 14 years with Indian Airlines and 2 years with Damania Airlines he joined Jet Airways. During his tenure with Jet Airways, he served in the capacity of Quality Control Manager, Maintenance Control Manager and Logistics Manager.