Manish Nambiar
Senior Vice President Operations
Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific
The move
MoveKempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra → Kempinski Hotels
TitleGeneral Manager → Senior Vice President Operations Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific
LocationAccra- Ghana → Dubai
Cross-border moveYes · Accra- Ghana → United Arab Emirates
Native languageMalayalam, Hindi, English
Total experience29.3 years
Kempinski Hotels headcount10,001+ employees
Kempinski Hotels industryHospitality
Kempinski Hotels HQMunich
Kempinski Hotels typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Senior Vice President Operations Middle East, Africa, and Asia PacificSep 2025 — Present
Kempinski Hotels - Vice President Operations - South East AsiaAug 2023 — Aug 2025Kempinski Hotels· Bangkok City, Thailand
- Area General Manager- AfricaMay 2021 — Aug 2023Kempinski Hotels
- General ManagerSep 2016 — May 2021KKempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra· Accra- Ghana
- Cluster General ManagerSep 2013 — Aug 2016KKempinski Villa Rosa & Olare Mara· Kenya
- Hotel Manager / EAM / Project & Pre-Opening RolesAug 2004 — Nov 2013
Kempinski Hotel· Delhi, India
- Early CareerAug 1996 — Apr 2004
The Oberoi Hotel· India
Education
- Cornell UniversityMaster Certificate · Transformational Leadership,Present
- The Oberoi Centre of Learning and DevelopmentPost Graduate Diploma · HospitalityAug 1993 — Jul 1996
- NEOMA Business SchoolEuropean Executive, M.B.A. · Hospitality Management2007 — 2009
- Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)Diploma · Hotel Management1990 — 1993
- GOA UNIVERSITY· Commerce1986 — 1989
- Cornell UniversityMaster Certificate · Real estate FinanceApr 2022 — Nov 2022
- Cornell UniversityMaster Certificate · Food Service Management2007 — 2008
Languages
- Kiswahili · Limited working
- French · Limited working
- Malayalam · Native or bilingual
- Hindi · Native or bilingual
- English · Native or bilingual