Hari Marar is currently serving as the President – Airport Operations for Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL). In this role, Hari is responsible for the safe and efficient operations of the airport and related facilities, the Engineering and Maintenance activities at the airport and for driving the commercial activities of the airport.
Previously, Hari held the position of Director of Operations and was responsible for the operations of the airport. He also held the position of Head – Daily Operations for a period of three years after joining BIAL in September 2006. He was part of the core leadership team that successfully licensed and operationalized a Greenfield Airport project at Bangalore. In this role, he defined the Operational concept of this Greenfield airport and introduced & implemented several modern, state of the art airport management systems, for the first time in India. He also conceived and built up an Airport Operations organization so as to ensure complete operational readiness.In a short span of period of over 7 years since operationalization, the airport has won over 30 awards in the field of Operations Excellence, Sustainability and Information & Communication Technology. Prior to joining BIAL, Hari spent 13 years with the service industries that include hospitality and airlines.