Jaipur Marriott has appointed Pankaj Birla as General Manager. With over 20 years of experience, Pankaj joined Marriott International in 1990 at San Jose as a finance controller, moving forward across various Marriott properties in United States. He moved to India as Director of Finance at the first Marriott property in the country – Goa Marriott Resort in 1998.
In the year 2000, he moved to Mumbai as Director of Finance for the flagship Marriott property in Mumbai – Renaissance Mumbai Hotel & Convention Centre and eventually helmed the front as Country Director of Finance – Marriott India.
In 2002, he moved to Marriott International Headquarters in role of project management in International Business Management Group and he was then appointed in June 2004 as Area Director of Finance – Eastern Europe in Eschborn, Germany. After his successful stint in finance, Pankaj spent time as part of the “GM Training” initiative in the Europe region for over two years where he supported opening hotels in Istanbul, Budapest, St. Petersburg and was also cross trained across all departments in various Marriott hotels.
