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.
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.
Hospitality
Energy
Real Estate