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.

Scott Chiesa joined HVS Executive Search in Hong Kong with 15 years of hospitality industry experience. Scott qualified in Hospitality Management from the Bentley Hospitality Institute of Technical and Further Education and has held senior management positions in both Australia and Asia, including: The Crown Casino, Fraser Island Retreat, The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Dragon-i, The Aberdeen Marina Club, The Epicurean Group, Elite Concepts and Igor’s Group. As General Manager of some of Australia’s and Hong Kong’s most exclusive venues Scott has developed his management skills and knows what it takes to sustain extraordinary customer service and at the same time achieve financial targets.

A selection of his clients at HVS include Jumeirah, Hilton Worldwide, Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, Amari, Wyndham Worldwide, MGM MIRAGE Hospitality, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, Jin Jiang Inn and Pavilions Resorts.

Christian Anklin is Vice President at HVS Executive Search in Hong Kong. After graduating from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Christian joined HVS Executive Search in London where he spent four years recruiting senior executives for hotel management companies such as Hilton, Marriott and Rezidor, as well as hotel real estate companies including Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Invesco. Christian transferred to HVS Executive Search Hong Kong in 2009 to apply his skills and expertise in the Asia-Pacific region.

Christian is no stranger to Asia, having grown up in the Philippines and Singapore and speaking a host of European languages, he epitomises the experience of being completely multi cultural.

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, 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.