Team
To learn more about HVS Career Network please contact any one of our consultants located worldwide:
New York
Erica Arnold
369 Willis Avenue
Mineola, NY, 11501
Tel: +1 (303) 440-7516
Email: EArnold@HVSCareerNetwork.com
Erica’s extensive hotel operational experience includes group/leisure sales, hotel/spa operations, revenue management, quantitative/statistical analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and property management systems. This in-depth knowledge of the industry provides Erica with ideal insight into understanding our clients’ needs and the demands of their recruitment assignments.
London
Thomas Mielke
7-10 Chandos Street
Cavendish Square
London, W1G 9DQ
Tel: +44 20 7878-7705
Email: TMielke@HVSCareerNetwork.com
Thomas works on recruitment assignments across the EMEA region. He is also the co-author of HVS’s annual European Corporate Governance Study and also helped institute HVS’s annual review of CEO turnover at the 50 largest hotel companies in the world. Born in Spain and of Swiss-German origins, Thomas is fluent in German, Spanish, French and English.
Moscow
Mikhail Taratynov
4/5 Gilyarovskogo Street,
Office 301
129090 Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 608-9931
Email: MTaratynov@HVSCareerNetwork.com
Mikhail has been involved in the travel and hospitality industry since 2001 holding various operational and sales and marketing roles with Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Russia, Thailand and Indonesia. Mikhail’s result-oriented approach combined with a deep understanding of hospitality operations, position him well to serve HCN’s property-level clients in Russia and CIS.
Darya Alaeva
4/5 Gilyarovskogo Street,
Office 301
129090 Moscow, Russia
Tel: +7 (903) 243-7912
Email: DAlaeva@HVSCareerNetwork.com
Darya Alaeva is a Consultant for HVS Career Network – Russia. She comes to us from Starbucks where she was a manager tasked with new store openings, operations and training. Darya’s hospitality career began with a placement at Hard Rock Café in USA in 2006. She returned to Russia to join Holiday Inn Suschevsky in Moscow where she held several roles in the food and beverage department. An Economics graduate, Darya also has additional qualifications in Marketing Communications and is trained as a journalist specialising in food and beverage news. Darya is based in Moscow and handles management-level recruitment and HR consulting for our food and beverage industry clients in Russia, CIS, the Baltics and Georgia.
New Delhi
Natwar Nagar
6th floor, Tower –C, Bldg. 8
DLF Cyber City, Phase II
Guragon 122002
Tel: +91 (124) 461-6000 ext. 30
Email: NNagar@HVS.com
Natwar Nagar is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search in India. Natwar initiated the division in 2001, and has more than a decade of successful experience in the area of Executive Search, built on his insight into people dynamics and the ability to seek out key executives whose perspectives and competencies match the future needs of the business. He has considered attrition trends and the availability of a talent pool to make successful forays into other sectors like real estate, creating a strong presence in the latter's terra ferma. He has created a team that specializes in senior management search assignments for a wide variety of clients, including multi-national corporations, mid-cap and start-up companies and governmental units.
Hong Kong
Debbie Ma
1-2F, 24 Sai Kung Tai Street
Sai Kung, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2792-5138
Mobile: +852 9746-3930
Email: DMa@HVSCareerNetwork.com
Debbie Ma heads the HVS Career Network (HCN) division for the Asia Pacific Region. She joins HVS Executive Search with over seven years of experience in general and project management with firms in the financial and hospitality sectors. From independently running turnkey projects at one of Asia’s largest financial printing firms to leading training programmes at the companies she worked at, Debbie has got multi-tasking down to an art form. Born and raised in Hong Kong, where she graduated from Macquarie University with a Masters in Financial Management, Debbie has also spent time in New Zealand. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. A selection of her clients include Onyx Hospitality, MGM Resorts International, Halekulani, Morton’s The Steakhouse and Sankara Nairobi.
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