Ankur Randev is Principal and Chief Commercial Officer at Highgate, where he leads global commercial strategy across Sales, Revenue Management, Marketing, E-commerce and Customer Relationship Management. He has more than two decades of experience in hospitality and travel, with deep expertise in revenue management, distribution, technology and digital. Since joining Highgate in 2003, he has played a central role in the firm’s growth.

Highgate is a fully integrated real estate investment and hospitality management firm. Since its founding in 1988, it has acquired more than $15 billion in real estate assets. Its primary focus is hospitality, and it also invests in office, multifamily and mixed-use properties. Highgate has owned and managed more than 500 hotels, and its current portfolio includes nearly 85,000 owned, managed, asset-managed or in-development rooms across the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe.

Before Highgate, Ankur worked at Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces and McKinsey & Company.

He is a graduate of the University of Huddersfield and has completed executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School, the Wharton School and Cornell University.