Extensive human resources experience in the Middle East/Gulf region in multicultural environment (50 nationalities), including managing staff of 14 as director. | Project-equivalent experience, including working in 2 hotel startups. | Proficient in hiring, conflict resolution, planning and government relations.Having grown up in a village without running water or electricity in a rebel-torn country of Africa, been schooled in the French system, then worked and attended university in the United States and now for the last five years involved in a very successful career in Human Resources in the Middle East, I have demonstrated the ability to thrive in any situation.My rapid advancement in the ranks of the hospitality industry in the GCC (Qatar, Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai and now Bahrain) has provided me with a crash course in all fields requiring leadership, communication, motivational, conflict resolution, team management and government relations skills. It has also provided me with invaluable logistics and planning skills, including involvement in two hotel start-ups, relocation of 320 colleagues and organizing large events. A multicultural environment is one in which I thrive, and I take pride in having worked productively in a team environment with more than 50 nationalities.In my previous two assignments, I was fortunate to have been given nearly a free hand in developing ideas to steamroll business plans to increase colleagues’ engagement while at the same time focusing on lowering the cost of recruitment by reducing turnover. I have a deeply engrained work ethic and am a forward, self-motivated, deadline-oriented thinker. I work best when given the vision and the goal and being allowed to run with them. I welcome challenges and am constantly seeking to broaden my work and life experience base. I look forward to working in an environment which allows upward mobility and takes advantage of my adaptability, logistics/planning and strong interpersonal skills.