Monique Dekker has been appointed as Senior Vice President Human Resources at Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Born in the Netherlands, Monique Dekker began her career with Hyatt more than 25 years ago at Grand Hyatt New York. After numerous posts across Hyatt properties in Tokyo, Düsseldorf, Chicago and Singapore, she took on the coveted role of General Manager at the Park Hyatt Vienna, one of the group's most iconic properties in Europe. She combined that role with that of Area Vice President for Austria, Czech Republic, Italy and Hungary, whilst also serving on the group's Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council and was Chair for Women @ Hyatt -a global initiative to accelerate and increase professional growth opportunities for female employees, with 13 chapters and more than 600 colleagues directly involved in EAME alone.
In her new role, Dekker will be responsible for bringing Hyatt's purpose to life as it scales, creating professional opportunities for its growing workforce of more than 18,000 professionals in EAME at every level. Besides driving the development and retention of the industry's best talent, she will advance a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
Monique Dekker is an alumnus of Hotelschool The Hague – Class of 1995.