Kaval Verma
Regional Vice President - Human Resources, South West Asia
InterContinental Hotels Group

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) is a global organisation with a broad portfolio of nine hotel brands, including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts.

In India, IHG is one of the oldest international hospitality companies and is present through its four brands: Intercontinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express. With currently 18 hotels in India, IHG has a focused expansion plan to have 150 hotels in the country in the next 15-20 years. To support this growth, we have a robust Senior Management Team in the country for all major functions from Finance to Sales & Marketing to Human Resources, enabling greater degree of independence and swift decision making.

At IHG, we consider our people at the center of everything we do. It is IHG's endeavour to hire the best talent that will support the ambitious growth plans. IHG has a selection process in place which is staged from assessing the technical aspects till behavioral nuances of the candidate ensuring we hire the right talent for the organisation. We look for the candidates who can fit best to the IHG Leadership Competencies and we organize various pre-hire tests and sessions to understand these capabilities. Further, we continuously take initiatives for the growth and development of our people and to make IHG a great place to work. At a strategic level we are designing a framework for our high potential talent in the hotels, where in they can get an opportunity to spend few months developing their skills and knowledge at our other hotels outside India. Other than giving Room to grow to our internal people we also undertake regular initiatives for a strong Employer Branding to ensure we get the best available talent in the market.

IHG also has under its wings the IHG Academies that provide the youth of the country an opportunity to develop their skills and thus find employment opportunities in one of the world's largest hotel companies. Within a common framework each IHG Academy is tailored to meet the needs of local communities and hotels. There are 14 active IHG Academy tie-ups in India.

Bring your PASSION to work and in return we'll give you Room to be yourself !