Fortune Hotels, a member of ITC’s hotel group, announced the appointment of Sumita C Majumdar as Head - Human Resources and Learning & Development. In her new role, Sumita will be responsible for managing the human resource portfolio of the upscale business and leisure hotel chain bringing focus on talent management, compensation, employee benefits and wellbeing, training and development, compliances as well as workplace safety.

With over three decades of experience, Sumita has an understanding in the areas of HR tech, talent management, organisation development, talent development, employee engagement, recruitment and administrative functions. She is skilled in conducting organisation health surveys/employee satisfaction surveys, analysing the survey results for action plan implementation. Prior to ITC, she worked in the pharmaceutical, engineering, and IT industry.

An alumnus of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, Sumita holds a certified six sigma green belt, MBTI (Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator) & PAPI (Personality and Performance inventory) facilitator.

Speaking on the appointment, Samir MC, Managing Director, Fortune Hotels “Her rich experience will enable us to strengthen our talent pool and we are positive that she will be able to help refresh our skills in the long-term. Her multi-dimensional experience will surely support our positioning as an employer of choice and further build a future-forward organisation.”

Sumita C Majumdarsaid, “My association with ITC Limited has been an exciting journey and now, being associated with Fortune Hotels, I look forward to being a catalyst in building best-in-class talent and delivering business goals.”