Chandrashekhar P Iyer hails from the silicon valley of India, Bangalore. He is a Commerce Graduate and Pg. Diploma in Business Administration from Bangalore University. He worked in various industries such as Transportation, Market Research and manufacturing before moving on to Hospitality industry in the year 1993.

Since then he was employed in senior positions by well-known hospitality groups such as, Six Senses, Marco Polo, Chelsea and ETA. He obtained Professional Certification titling CHA (Certified Hotel Administrator) from Educational Institute of American Hotel and Lodging Association in the year 2004.

He is also a Fellow of Institute of Hospitality, UK.