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Ravi Saligram is Executive Vice President, ARAMARK Corporation and President, ARAMARK International. Saligram was elected as an executive officer of ARAMARK Corporation in November 2004.
Saligram joined ARAMARK as International President in July 2003. In this role, Saligram is responsible for all of ARAMARK’s businesses outside the United States and Canada, where ARAMARK provides food, refreshment, facility and other support services, for businesses, schools and universities, health care institutions, sports and entertainment facilities, and remote sites such as offshore drilling platforms and mining camps.
ARAMARK serves clients in 17 countries outside of the United States and ranks among the top three food services providers in many of the countries in which it has operations. During Fiscal 2006, ARAMARK reported $2.5 billion in sales from its majority owned international subsidiaries. Including minority joint ventures (most notably, AIM Services in Japan), Saligram is responsible for operations with over 90,000 employees and sales of approximately $3.4 billion.
Saligram brings a range of international experience and a strong background in consumer services to ARAMARK. Prior to joining ARAMARK, Saligram served as President of Brands & Franchise, North America for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a leading global hospitality company with over 3,300 hotels in nearly 100 countries. Prior positions at InterContinental Hotels Group included Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director, Global Strategy, President, International and President, Asia Pacific.
Earlier in his career, Saligram held various general and brand management positions with SC Johnson Wax in the United States and overseas. He started his career in account management with Leo Burnett Company based in Chicago.
Saligram is a board member of Church & Dwight (the leading U.S. producer of sodium bicarbonate and owner of the ARM & HAMMER brand). He is a board member and vice chairman of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, is on the Dean’s Advisory Council at the College of Arts & Sciences of New York University and is on the Board of Trustees for the Eisenhower Fellowships, a prestigious network of world leaders.
Saligram earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Bangalore University in India and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. He was born in India, is a naturalized U.S. Citizen and has lived in five countries. | 