Maria Elkaer has been appointed as Cluster Executive Director of Talent and Culture at Raffles Doha and Fairmont Doha
Maria Elkaer has joined the upcoming Raffles Doha and Fairmont Doha as cluster executive director of talent and culture. The experienced HR professional previously served as Atlantis Resorts' VP of HR.
Both hotels are located in Doha's Katara Towers.
Hailing from Denmark, Elkaer started as an HR manager with the Marriott hotel in Copenhagen in 2000, later named director of HR at the same hotel in 2003.
Sticking with Marriott but travelling the world, she served as director of HR at The Ritz-Carlton Doha, followed by the same role at the Ritz-Carlton Spain. From 2008 to 2011, she was cluster director of HR with Address Hotels in Dubai, followed by director of HR with Rosewood Hotels in the UAE capital for four years.
Elkaer worked with Atlantis from 2016 to 2017 as VP, going on to become an independent HR consultant for the next five years.