Trevor Belton joined HVS Executive search after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. Trevor has previously interned with several hospitality companies including Union Square Hospitality Group, The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica California and MGM Mirage in Las Vegas.

Keith Kefgen is President of HVS Executive Search, the human resource consulting practice of HVS International. Keith has more than 15 years of experience in the field of hospitality executive search. He is a frequent lecturer on industry related issues and has written more than 100 articles on the topics of executive selection, pay-for-performance, corporate governance and executive leadership. He is a graduate of the Cornell University Hotel School and also the founder of two e-commerce initiatives: hospitalitycareernetwork.com, a web-based recruiting site and 2020 skills.com an online assessment profile.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Gaming

Dena Blum-Rothman is Vice President of HVS Executive Search and specializes in the hotel industry. Prior to joining HVS she was Human Resources Manager at Travel Planner and started her career with Hyatt. Dena has a B.S. from Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration and a M.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations.

Industries:

• Hotel

Howard Krieger is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search and specializes in retained executive search and compensation consulting for the gaming industry. He is a veteran sales and business development professional having spent the majority of his career working in several aspects of financial services, most notably with American Express. Howard holds a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University and is a regular contributor to various trade publications.

Industries:

• Gaming
• Hotel

Brad Ellman is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search in New York and specializes in executive search, compensation consulting and counseling for the retail and manufacturing industries. Brad has over twenty years of domestic and international retail, apparel and manufacturing experience in the areas of sales, marketing and operations. He has also consulted internationally on brand development and intellectual property protection. Brad holds a B.S. in Management Science from SUNY @ Binghamton.

Industries:

• Retail
• Manufacturing
• Restaurant
• Hotel

Trevor Belton joined HVS Executive search after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. Trevor has previously interned with several hospitality companies including Union Square Hospitality Group, The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica California and MGM Mirage in Las Vegas.

Doug Rosen is President of Hospitalitycareernetwork.com, the online recruiting division of HVS Executive Search. Hospitalitycareernetwork.com offers the hospitality industry a middle management recruitment solution as well as project based services. Since joining HVS in the fall of 2000 Doug has written numerous articles about online recruitment and also handles senior level search, specifically focusing on the emerging segment of residential hotel development. Clients within that arena include The Edge Group and Kingdom Hotel Investments.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Mixed-Use

Juliette Boone brings a wealth of experience in her 18-year hospitality industry career. She has a diverse professional background including hotel food and beverage operations, culinary arts, catering sales and operations, contract food service, concept development, hospitality education, and hotel consulting and valuation. Her experience is complemented with a Master’s degree in Hospitality Management and Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.

Industries:

• Hotel

Becca Ickowicz joined HVS Executive Search after obtaining a Bachelors of Science degree from the School of Hospitality Administration at Cornell University. Becca has had prior internships in New York with Morgans Hotel Group and Willow Hotels, where she got first-hand experience in hotel operations, corporate research and marketing.

Christopher Mumford is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search in London and specializes in executive search and compensation consulting for clients in the hospitality industry throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. A regular speaker on industry related issues, Chris is a frequent author of articles on executive selection, compensation trends, and general Human Resources topics for a number of industry publications. A selection of hospitality clients include Emaar (Armani) Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Maybourne Hotel Group, Sama Dubai, The Stein Group, Rezidor Hotel Group, Aareal Bank, Invesco and Starwood Capital.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Gaming
• Restaurant

Tatiana Veller is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search – Russia. Tatiana specializes in Executive Search and compensation consulting for all facets of the Hospitality industry in the territory of Russia, CIS and the Baltics. Outside of Tatiana’s Executive Search background with some leading US companies, she possesses six years in managerial positions in operations and headquarters in various settings in Hospitality and Food Service industries in Russia and the US, along with a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the Russian Academy of Economics n.a. Plekhanov and a US MBA in International Management. This gives Tatiana a unique understanding of the industry and the types of people who can drive performance.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Restaurant
• Retail
• Real Estate

Mark Keith is Managing Director of HVS Executive Search in Hong Kong and oversees search assignments throughout the Asian region where Mark has lived since 1982. His early hotel experiences included London, Nigeria, Iran, Lesotho, Switzerland and The United Arab Emirates; and he has held senior executive appointments with Hilton International, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Holiday Inns Worldwide and the Peninsula Group. Mark is a recognized authority on strategic Human Capital management in the hospitality industry, hotel openings and the cross-cultural implications for management and service. He was commissioned at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; he has a Master of Science degree from the University of Leicester and is a fellow of the Hotel, Catering International Management Association (FHCIMA). A selection of clients he has served include: Jumeirah, Mandarin Oriental, Jin Jiang Inn, Hilton International, Serena, Rosewood and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Gaming
• Restaurant

Natwar Nagar, Director, Executive Search with HVS India office, initiated the division in 2001. He has more than a decade’s 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 terraferma. He has created a team that has specialized in senior management search assignments for a wide variety of clients, including multi-national corporations, mid-cap and start-up companies and governmental units.

Industries:

• Hotel
• Real Estate
• Retail

Arushi, is an Associate Director with HVS Executive Search - New Delhi. She specializes in Executive Search practice for sectors like Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Real Estate, Consumer and Manufacturing. With a total of 10 years of experience in the Executive Search Industry, she has worked with some of the best Global Search firms in the past.She has worked across functional practices inluding Finance, IT , HR, Legal and closed a number of CXO positions as part of her career.

She has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and an MBA in Human Resource Management from Symbiosis, Pune.

Industries:

• Real Estate
• Financial Services
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Consumer and Manufacturing

Jayant joined HVS Executive Search in July 2006 and is based at Gurgaon. With a background in psychology and management followed by a decade of work experience, he helps HVS extend its reach in the Real Estate vertical, in addition to spearheading HVS Executive Search's training and internal hire initiatives.

Over the years, he has worked on multiple assignments across industries and has done work on providing complete top management teams.

Prior to this, he worked with Acqvire Talent Services Ltd., a Grow Talent company, now a part of Manpower Inc. Prior to ATSL, he worked with Executive Access (India) Pvt. Ltd., now a part of Hat Pin plc. He began his career in the Mental Health Care industry, working with a start up called Tarshi.

Jayant has a deep interest in studying human behavior and has spent time on working on acquiring skills for the assessment of individuals.

Industries:

• Real Estate

Anjali, a Geography graduate from Delhi University brings over 12 years of experience in the field of Executive Search. She is currently the Associate Director with the Mumbai Office. Anjali has handled diverse search assignments across sectors such as Manufacturing, Real Estate, Private Equity Funds & Retail Industry. Her wide ranging exposure has included searches for senior professionals ranging from CEO's, CFO's to Bus Design heads for leading Indian Business Houses and Multinationals.

Anjali has been associated with HVS since 2005. In her current capacity she leads a team of Associates and Researchers. Anjali leads client engagements and works closely with clients to assist them in their talent acquisition efforts in a consultative capacity. A similar approach is adopted towards advising candidates on progressive career moves.

She started her career in 1996 with an entrepreneurial venture in Delhi focusing on executive search and career guidance in Hospitality & Travel sector, after which she moved to ABC Consultants & later Gilbert Tweed Associates, Mumbai.

Industries:

• Real Estate
• Engineering Services
• Retail

Ambika Mehta Gautam as Associate Director provides full service search consulting and execution to the global hospitality and the Indian real estate and allied sectors. Been with HVS since May 2003, she has handled search assignments for international and domestic clients, in close coordination with the HVS Executive Search divisions across the globe. Majors in Psychology coupled with MBA-HR give her the insight into the dynamics of organizational behavior in the service industry that she leverages effectively to offer clients unique solutions for leadership talent acquisition and selection. Her experience cuts across wide range of industries including hospitality, real estate, retail and private equity funds.

She believes in facilitating the movement of talent to where that talent, and those touched by that talent, can flourish. She over the years has endeavored to find the right peg for the right hole.

Prior to joining HVS, Ambika worked for ten months as Management Trainee with Omam Consultants. Some of the industries in which she gained search experience were fibre, steel and automobile.

Ambika holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Psychology (with Honours) from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University. In 2002, she earned an MBA degree with specialization in HR from Benares Hindu University. During her MBA course, Ambika took a summer internship with Reliance Industries Ltd., where she undertook several projects and studies focused on the HR function.

• Hospitality
• Real Estate
• Retail