Amit Jatia is the Vice Chairman at Westlife Foodworld Ltd, formerly known as Westlife Development, the master franchisee of McDonald’s® restaurants in West & South India.
In his role as the leader of the world’s largest and most loved QSR brand in West & South India, Amit is responsible for providing strategic direction to the business and leading the team towards achieving rapid growth and profitability.
Amit’s tryst with entrepreneurship started early when he joined his family’s manufacturing business and led many critical projects successfully. In 1996, Amit got the opportunity of setting up McDonald’s in India and has been an integral part of the QSR industry for over 25 years. Under his leadership, McDonald’s expanded its footprint to over 300 restaurants, launched its in-house coffee chain McCafé and scaled itself to a food tech company going from strength to strength.
Amit is passionate about mentoring businesses and often guides several other family-owned firms.
In 2003, Amit was bestowed with the ‘Young Achievers Award’, by the Indo-American Society. Business World, a leading business magazine named McDonald’s the ‘Most Respected Company in the Food Sector for three consecutive years.
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