Liz McGivern

Liz McGivern was brought up near Canterbury, Kent and her first job was cleaning in the local bakery. She started her career in contract catering after attending Thanet Technical College. Having worked her way up to management, she was head-hunted for the Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London as Catering Services Manager managing the department with around fifty employees. From here, the parent company invited her to join the training department and she combined her ambition a few years later by working within a training role in a luxury hotel environment when she joined the London Hilton on Park Lane. Ms. McGivern was promoted after two years into a regional role and was then head-hunted, this time by Red Carnation Hotels. "I thought being responsible for the training and development of employees for just five hotels would be easier!" says Liz, but Red Carnation started expanding from the moment she joined. Ms. McGivern progressed to Director of HR and Training nine years ago and now holds the global position of Vice President People & Culture for all 20 hotels in the collection.