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P. S.

NAIR
CEO-Corporate, Airports Sector
GMR Group

A Master of Arts in Political Science /Public Administration with a Post Graduate


Diploma in Public Sector Management from Leeds University, UK, Mr. P.S. Nair
has over 37 years of diverse experience in the airport sector - both in the public
and private domains.

He has held several senior positions such as Airport Director of Trivandrum,


Mumbai and Delhi Airports, Executive Director of Cargo, Commercial and Key
Infrastructure Development departments overseeing the respective functions on
a pan-India basis with the Airports Authority of India.

His last position in the Airports Authority of India was as fulltime Board Member
responsible for Personnel, Administration, Legal, Commercial and Land
Management functions - an ACC (Appointments Committee of the Cabinet)
appointment.

He has been ex-Officio Director on the Board of Directors of Hotel Leela Venture
and Radisson Hotel. Mr. Nair has also served in several High Level Task Forces,
Committees, Working Groups and Advisory Committees formed by the
Government of India on various facets of Civil Aviation. Currently he is also
Chairman of the Airport Fuel Farm Joint Venture Company and a Director on the
Board of other JV Companies.

At GMR Group, he has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of GMR
Hyderabad International Airport, India’s first Greenfield airport to be built under
the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative. He played an instrumental role in
successful commissioning of the Hyderabad international airport ahead of
schedule, under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Kiran Grandhi – Business
Chairman, Airports. He is currently the CEO of Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd.
responsible for the operation, overall management of the country’s busiest IGI
airport as well as operational readiness, integration and successful
commissioning of the state-of-the-art, new Terminal 3 by mid 2010. Mr. Nair is
also a Director on the Board of several other GMR led Airport Joint Venture
Companies.
Mr. Nair has also just been elected as a Director of the Airport Council
International (apex body of global Airports) Regional Board for the Asia Pacific
Region.

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