Raymond Bickson is the managing director and chief executive officer of The Indian Hotels Company. He has over thirty years of experience in hospitality spanning four continents and joined in 2003 as executive director and chief operating officer of Taj Luxury Hotels, overseeing the operations of all luxury properties and playing a key role in the global expansion and development of future hotels.

Bickson brings extensive international hotel experience to the Taj Group in operations and management. Serving for 15 years as the vice president and general manager of The Mark in New York for The Rafael Group Hoteliers, Monaco, and with the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, his career includes a variety of management assignments for over ten years with Regent International Hotels in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Puerto Rico, Melbourne and Shanghai, as well as training at some of the world's most renowned hotels, such as the Hotel Plaza Athenee, Paris, Le Montreux Palace, Switzerland, and the Kahala Hilton, Hawaii.

He was voted one of the top 10 Best Hotel Managers by Leaders Magazine from 1997-2002. He is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), and is an advisory board member of The Leading Hotels of The World (LHW), Cornell Hotel School Centre for Hospitality Research, and École Hôtelière Lausanne in Switzerland. In May 2006, he was conferred the degree of doctor of business administration in hospitality management (honoris causa) from the Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island, USA.

An American national, Bickson attended the École Hôtelière Lausanne in Switzerland and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.