Bhavna Bhatia

Employment History

BHAVNA BHATIA is the Director of HVS Executive Search and leads the practice for the Middle East and Africa region.  Bhavna is an experienced Executive Search and Hospitality professional with more than two decades of demonstrated expertise in the IMEA region.

Over the last fourteen years that she has been with HVS, Bhavna has successfully engaged on several senior executive hires and C-level mandates. She has also managed mid-level recruitments and placed pre-opening teams in Middle East, Africa, and India. Bhavna is skilled in providing advisory executive search support for start-ups in the hospitality, healthcare, real estate, and entertainment sector.

Experience

Bhavna is the Director of HVS Executive Search for Middle East, based in Dubai. Bhavna joined the HVS Executive team at New Delhi in 2007 and worked closely with leading hospitality majors in the region for over eight years.
She brings an in-depth knowledge of executive search consulting and a strong pre-existing international and regional network of contacts in hospitality and allied sectors. Prior to joining HVS, Bhavna spent nine years in the hotel industry, working with Hyatt Hotels and The Park Group in India. This significant combination of hotel operations knowledge coupled with her experience at HVS Executive Search, has provided Bhavna with all the required insights to understand the challenges and nuances of true talent acquisition in the industry.

Clients

Hospitality
Energy
Real Estate

My Articles

COVID-19 Recovery HVS Global Hospitality Employer Survey

HVS Executive Search executives reached out to hospitality employers across US, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa to understand the current employer sentiment as the industry embarks the recovery zone. The objective of the survey was to “check the pulse” and address the unified response that is critical for the hospitality industry at this stage.

• June 4, 2021 By Court Williams , Bhavna Bhatia

• Travel & Tourism , Executive Search & Recruitment , COVID-19 , Middle East , South America , North America , Europe , Asia , Africa

COVID-19: Hospitality Employee Sentiment Findings

The focus of this research is on hospitality industry employees who are amongst the most severely impacted due to measures such as furloughs, terminations, and pay cuts. As the hospitality industry plans for recovery in the post COVID-19 era, it is essential for employers and leadership teams to take stock of where they stand today. The objective was to understand the current employee sentiment, confidence levels, loyalty, and the current state of mind of the employees’ decision-making process.

• June 11, 2020 By Bhavna Bhatia

• Hotel Operations , Travel & Tourism , Executive Search & Recruitment , Hotel Management , COVID-19 , Middle East , United Arab Emirates , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Oman , Kuwait , Bahrain , Jordan , Lebanon , Egypt