A man of fashion, someone who admires Richard Gere and Amitabh Bachchan, will steer AirAsia’s new airline in India.
Tony Fernandes just named Mittu Chandilya as the new CEO of AirAsia India on Twitter.
Chandilya, an unknown name in India till now, has already attained much fame but not for any role in the corporate world – last November, he was chosen by the international men’s lifestyle magazine ‘August Man‘ as an A-lister.
According to a profile of Chandilya which Indian Express carried in November, he is a sharp dresser and won the coveted title of the “August Man A-Lister” after the magazine’s seven month long search . The magazine was searching for a man who wasn’t just good-looking but embodied the combination of “style, substance and success” in everyday life, the IE story said. Chandilya graced the magazine’s November cover.
The Express story says he “was chosen off the street, while he was finishing off a conversation outside a coffee shop”.
Looks like Tony has once again given Chandilya an off-the-street moment by asking him to steer this much anticipated airline because Chandilya’s linkedin profile makes no mention of any experience in the aviation sector.
Chandilya’s linkedin profile says his last job was Head of Services Practices for APAC, Egon Zehnder International which is a management consultancy firm. He joined Egon in October 2009 and previous employers include Ingersoll Rand and S.O.S. Among the languages he knows are Tamil and English besides Hindi, French and Chinese.
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