Ranju Alex

Area Vice President,
South Asia for Marriott International

With close to 28 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Ranju Alex’s hands-on leadership style, a laser sharp focus on business results and her ability to lead diverse teams are what has taken her where she is today.
An alumnus of IHM Kolkata, Alex started her hospitality career with the Oberoi Group of hotels where she worked for 18 years. She joined Marriott International in 2010 as General Manager of the Courtyard by Marriott, Hinjewadi Pune, and moved to the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa as General Manager in 2013. In 2019, she was promoted to Market Vice President of South India & Sri Lanka.
Alex enjoys the diversity of dealing with guests, meeting individually with department heads, exploring opportunities for improvement, solving problems, and moving forward together as a team.
Extremely passionate about women empowerment and gender diversity, she is also a recipient of several noteworthy awards and acclaims. Despite being a super achiever, her commitment to work has never come in the way of her leading a fulfilling personal life. She acknowledges that her husband and children are her greatest treasures in life.

Success Mantras:
“The mantra that has held me in good stead throughout my career is Pursuit of Excellence and Humility in Leadership. I attribute a large part of my success to my focus on ensuring that whichever position or role I was in, I maintained focused on my goals and ensured my teams did too. Aspiring to excel provides you with a sharp edge over your competitors and always ensures you stay two steps ahead. The position doesn’t matter; what and how you do it does. Nothing can be achieved without people. Leadership is never a one man show, it is mobilising and amalgamating multiple skill sets and talented individuals. I believe in staying rooted and humble. These values have held me together. And I believe a large part of the respect I have earned comes from being grounded and authentic.”