Simon Lloyd

Dean - Faculty of Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism at Botho University

Lives in Botswana

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About me

Energetic, creative and straight-forwards. I like to put as much of myself as possible into whatever I do...

I am ambitious and continuously strive for perfection, aiming to achieve as much as possible!

I am people orientated and always try to bring out the best in people that I work with!

Experience

11 years

Dean - Faculty of Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism

Botho University - Gaborone, Botswana

Other

June 2018 - Now · 1 year and 7 months
Dean - Faculty of Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism

Botho University - Gaborone, Botswana

Other

June 2018 - Now · 1 year and 7 months
Asst. Dean - Faculty of Hospitality and Sustainable Tourism

Botho University - Gaborone, Botswana

Other

April 2017 - June 2018 · 1 year and 3 months
Head of Department - Hospitality Management and Sustable Eco-Tourism

Botho University - Gaborone, Botswana

Other

January 2015 - March 2017 · 2 years and 3 months
Asst. Head of Department - Hospitality Management and Sustainable Eco-tourism

Botho University - Gaborone, Botswana

Other

January 2015 - December 2015 · 1 year
Corporate Director - Talent Development

Kempinski Hotels SA - Geneva, Switzerland

Human Resources

May 2012 - June 2014 · 2 years and 2 months

As Director of Talent Development, there are 3 main aspects to my position: Attraction, Identification and Development. Attraction looks at online recruitment, and hotel School relations as well as Social Media Branding Identification looks at how we are identifying internal talents within Kempinski, ensuring that staff have a chance to represent themselves and give a positive impression. Development ensures that staff that are identified are promoted are actually moved!
Regional Director - Talent Development

Kempinski Hotels SA - Beijing, China

Human Resources

September 2010 - May 2012 · 1 year and 9 months
Regional Strategic Planning Manager - China

Kempinski Hotels SA - Beijing, China

Administration & General

July 2008 - September 2010 · 2 years and 3 months

As Regional Strategic Planning Manager I was working on Regional Reporting, especially consolidating information for Global meetings, and ensuring the implementation of outcomes; Business Development, where I focused on development of associated businesses in the Region, and Pre-opening, by monitoring the progress on pre-opening hotels.

Education

Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Inclusive Innovation

University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business - Cape Town, South Africa

April 2015 - April 2018
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in International Hospitality Management

EHL - Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne - Lausanne, Switzerland

July 2003 - December 2008