Rishabh is a Director with HVS ‘s MEA team and is responsible for conducting consulting and valuation assignments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past two years he has worked in various hotel markets across East, West and Southern Africa. Having worked with HVS’s South Asia office previously he has more than five years of hotel consulting and development experience, having worked on several projects ranging from market/feasibilitiy studies to commercial due diligence, transaction advisory and operator searches and individual/portfolio valuations. Before joining HVS, Rish worked with Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces in India and facilitated the construction and expansion of his family’s hotel business. He graduated from the Taj Management Training Program in 2008 and holds a BBA degree and a BA Honors degree in Hotel Management from the Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (University of Huddersfield, UK).
January 2017 to January 2018
HVS Hospitality Services
Cape Town, South Africa
Senior Consultant
March 2016 to December 2016
HVS Hospitality Services
New Delhi, India
Senior Associate
April 2015 to March 2016
HVS Hospitality Services
New Delhi, India
Associate
September 2013 to April 2015
HVS Hospitality Services
New Delhi, India
Analyst
February 2009 – August 2013
Thapar Hotels Pvt. Ltd.
Ludhiana, India
Business Development & Project Management
March 2008 – November 2008
Vivanta by Taj, Whitefield
Bengaluru, India
Restaurant Manager (Pre-opening)
August 2006 – February 2008
Indian Hotels Company Limited
New Delhi & Mumbai, India
Management Trainee
October 2004 – January 2005
The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
New Delhi, India
Operational Intern