Global executive search specialist HVS Executive Search has announced that Thomas Mielke has been appointed an Associate Director, joining the company’s Partnership Track programme.
London-based Mielke joined HVS Executive Search in 2008 as an Associate. He has worked on assignments across the EMEA region, placing senior executives at companies including Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide and Invesco Real Estate.
“I am delighted to have been made an Associate Director at HVS Executive Search,” he commented. “The executive recruitment sector is particularly challenging and rewarding as clients seek executives with a broad set of skills and experience to enable them to steer their teams through the current market challenges.”
Mielke has assisted companies with searches ranging in functional expertise from real estate and asset management to operations, technical services and brand management.
He is the co-author of HVS’s annual European Corporate Governance Study and also helped establish its biennial review of CEO turnover at the world’s 50 largest hotel companies.
Mielke is a qualified executive search consultant and acts as an examiner on behalf of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC). Prior to joining HVS, he worked in Germany and Spain, including with Jones Lang LaSalle focusing on hotel market studies and research publications.
Born in Spain and of Swiss-German origins, Mielke is fluent in German, Spanish, French and English. He graduated from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne and holds a Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management specialising in Resort and Leisure Development.
Speaking on his promotion, Chris Mumford, Managing Director of HVS Executive Search London said: “Thomas is a credit to HVS and has developed his reputation as a top flight search consultant in the world of hotel operations and real estate. He is a well rounded consultant whose value to a client extends beyond pure recruitment into performance management, compensation advisory, and other talent issues.”
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Picture attached: Thomas Mielke, Associate Director, HVS Executive Search
For further details please contact:
Linda Pettit
Tilburstow Media Partners
Tel: 01737 823721
Mobile: 07973 789853
Email: Linda@tilburstowmedia.co.uk
Thomas Mielke
Associate Director
HVS Executive Search – London
Tel: +44 (20) 7878-7705
Mobile: +44 7725-781026
Email: tmielke@hvs.com
EDITOR’S NOTES
HVS Executive Search is the premier executive search and advisory firm providing consulting services to leaders of the hotel, restaurant, gaming and real estate industries. Practice areas include senior-level executive search, mid-management recruitment, compensation consulting and performance management. Its offices are located in New York, London, Hong Kong, Moscow, Mumbai and New Delhi.
HVS Executive Search is a division of HVS, a fully integrated consulting firm focused on the hospitality industry. Founded in 1980, HVS is the world’s leading specialist in hospitality consulting. With 30 offices globally, HVS offers unparalleled worldwide market expertise.
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