Endorsements

About Me

Exemplary Talent and Dedication

With nearly three decades of experience in the hospitality industry, I have been privileged to garner insights and accolades from both my current and former leaders. Their testimonials reflect the depth of my experience and the impact of my contributions, as well as my role as an experienced hospitality consultant in Dubai. Here’s what they have to share about me…

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Nishan is an ambitious, self-mastery international hotel executive with extensive experience in Asia and Middle East. Nishan is objective driven and is always motivated to go above and beyond. He continues to perform as a Regional General Manager in his scope of responsibility and demonstrates real focus on delivering sustainable business results in Accor. He is very passionate of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and clearly leads in this field and has a true motivation to drive competitive advantage in hotel performance through technology. Nishan has fantastic communication skills and naturally looks at opportunity to inspire his team, peers and business partners. I am truly impressed by his life-long learning where he graduated with a Doctorate from California Southern University and followed leadership programs at Harvard Business School and Stanford University. I always enjoy playing a round of golf with Nishan!

Jonathan Sheard

Senior Vice President - Operations Accor Hotels Premium, Midscale and Economy for Middle East, Africa and Turkey

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Nishan is a strategic and ambitious business leader with excellent communication skills. He is strong advocate of digitalization, innovation and change to drive competitive advantage in hotel performances. He has been instrumental in applying Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in our hotels to drive efficiency and cost saving. With a proven track record of transforming businesses and hotel operations through guest journey, employee engagement, topline revenue, above-par profitability, strong market share, ESG performances and solid owner relations, we are pleased to have him in heading Majid Al Futtaim-Accor Properties.

Biju Prakash

Head of Asset Management and Finance – Asset Management Business Unit - Majid Al Futtaim

Portrait of Dilhan C. Fernando, Chairman and CEO of Dilmah Tea

I have known Nishan for longer than I can remember and watched him progress in his career through a potent combination of innovation, commitment, empathy and pursuit of perfection, embellished by constant emphasis on guest experience. His desire to share his expertise is exciting as the knowledge and experience that Nishan has acquired form the ingredients of success for any aspiring hospitality professional seeking to go beyond convention in hospitality with novel perspectives on guest experience, the role of technology, commercial and people perspectives.

Dilhan Fernando

CEO, Dilmah Tea