Anil Kumar Sharma Recognized in Hozpitality's Best 30 Engineering Leaders Powerlist in the Middle East for 2025
The Versatile Engineer: Bridging Hospitality Precision with Human-Centric Leadership.
With nine years of cross-industry engineering excellence, Anil Kumar Sharma has been honoured in Hozpitality's prestigious Best 30 Engineering Leaders Powerlist for 2025. As Cluster Chief Engineer at Maple Wood Hospitality's Donatello Hotel, Sharma brings a unique blend of pharmaceutical precision and hospitality warmth to his leadership role, proving that technical mastery and human connection are the perfect formula for engineering success.
Sharma's diverse background spanning hotel operations, pharmaceutical facilities, and complex maintenance management has cultivated a multidimensional approach to hospitality engineering. At Donatello Hotel, he applies this wealth of experience to everything from DEWA audit-driven energy optimization to life safety system overhauls, demonstrating how cross-industry knowledge can elevate hotel operations. His major refurbishment projects showcase an engineer equally comfortable with HVAC schematics and team motivation strategies.
What truly distinguishes Sharma is his rare ability to pair technical authority with genuine human connection. His witty, approachable leadership style has transformed engineering departments into collaborative hubs where preventive maintenance programs thrive alongside team camaraderie. This people-first philosophy, combined with his sharp focus on sub-metering and energy efficiency initiatives, creates work environments where both systems and staff perform at their peak.
"Great engineering leadership measures kilowatts saved, and smiles shared with equal importance," Sharma reflects. This balanced approach explains his success in maintaining rigorous compliance standards while fostering teams that are as energized as the systems they maintain.
From pharmaceutical-grade precision to hospitality-hearted leadership, Anil Kumar Sharma's recognition celebrates professionals who prove that the most effective engineering solutions are those that work technically for the property and emotionally for the people.
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