A part of the Dubai-based retail and hospitality conglomerate, Landmark Group, Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd, has appointed Mr. Kabir Lumba as Chairman of the Board, effective 1st April 2021.
Mr. Lumba, CEO designate, Landmark Retail, Middle East, will be taking over the role from Mr. Ramanathan Hariharan, who will be retiring on the 31st of March 2021.
Mr. Ramanathan has spent over 27 years with Landmark Group and has built market brands, across multiple geographies.
Mr. Kabir Lumba has been with the Group for over 16 years. He served as Managing Director, Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd since 2009. In May 2018, he took over as the CEO of Max, Middle East and then became Group Director, Landmark Group with a portfolio of responsibilities. Mr. Kabir Lumba was appointed CEO designate, Landmark Retail, Middle East on 1st December 2020.
Founded in 1973 in Bahrain, the Landmark Group has grown into retail organizations in the Middle East and India. As an international, retail and hospitality conglomerate, the Group operates over 2200 outlets encompassing over 30 million square feet across the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian sub-continent.
In 1999, Landmark Group entered India and has launched several retail concepts in the country including Lifestyle, Home Centre, Max and hospitality concepts, Spar Supermarkets and Hypermarkets, Fun City, Citymax and Krispy Kreme.
-AK
