Stephen Rushmore, Jr, President and CEO of HVS, the leading hospitality consulting and services firm, and Court Williams, CEO of HVS’ Executive Search division, have announced the opening of a new London office for Executive Search, as established by a strategic partnership with Peter Malone’s Hospitality People Group.
Rushmore and Williams have designated Peter Malone as CEO of HVS Executive Search for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia regions. Peter will be joined by his team of executive search specialists from Hospitality People Group to form the newly-assembled London-based HVS Executive Search team.
“We have more than 20 years of experience in corporate and strategic executive recruitment,” explains Malone. “Our successes include frequent work with major global players including IHG, Hilton, Hyatt and Westmont, as well as other hospitality groups and firms leading the way regionally such as Vision Hospitality Asset Management in Europe, Red Planet Hotels in Asia, and Kingdom Hotel Investments in the Middle East.”
Malone has owned and operated hospitality focused executive search organizations since 1995. The team he has led during the last 20 years has placed over 2,000 executives into key roles. Prior to his endeavour into hospitality recruitment, he served as the EMEA Area Finance Director for Hilton Worldwide and EMEA Finance Director for Holiday Inn Worldwide.
“We are thrilled to welcome Peter Malone as our partner at HVS Executive Search,” says Williams. “Peter is renowned for being able to match candidates with client corporate culture and business needs.”
Rushmore added: “We are delighted to welcome Peter and his team into the HVS family, to conduct retained executive searches throughout EMEA and Asia. In this manner, HVS clients can be better served with more effective and thoughtful searches in these parts of the world. The industry connectivity which Peter and his team bring to HVS will be invaluable.”
HVS Executive Search provides human capital advisory services to leaders in the hotel, restaurant, food service and gaming industries around the world. Specialties include senior-level executive search and mid-management recruitment as well as performance improvement strategies. www.executivesearch.hvs.com.
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Contact:
Peter Malone
CEO HVS Executive Search EMEA & Asia
+44 (0) 20 8600 1166
Email: pmalone@hvs.com
Leora Lanz
HVS Director of Marketing & Communications
+1 516 248-8828 x 278
Email: llanz@hvs.com