Evangeline Monterde Recognized in Hozpitality's Best 30 HR Leaders Powerlist in the Middle East for 2025
Evangeline’s unique combination of operational insight and HR expertise shapes impactful, grounded initiatives. Her leadership at InterContinental Bahrain has positioned the hotel as a regional leader in employee experience, with peer mentoring and AI-driven career tools boosting internal mobility by 40%.
Evangeline Monterde's extraordinary journey from front-line hospitality professional to visionary HR leader has earned her a distinguished place in Hozpitality's Best 30 HR Leaders Powerlist for 2025. With two decades of dedicated service in the industry, Monterde has cultivated an exceptional understanding of the human element in hospitality, making her one of the region's most respected human capital strategists.
Currently leading HR operations at the prestigious InterContinental Bahrain, Monterde's career serves as proof of IHG's commitment to internal talent development. Beginning as a Guest Relations Officer in 2004, she systematically ascended through the ranks, transitioning into Learning and Development, where she discovered her passion for nurturing talent. Her career took an intentional developmental turn when she joined Kempinski Bahrain as Complex Learning & Development Manager from 2012-2015, deliberately expanding her expertise beyond the IHG system before returning with an enriched perspective.
Monterde's second chapter with IHG saw her shape talent development strategies across Oman before her appointment as HR Manager at Crowne Plaza Bahrain in 2018. During her four-year tenure, she engineered cultural transformations that became case studies in employee engagement, reducing voluntary turnover by 35% while elevating the property's employer brand recognition. Her success in aligning workforce capabilities with business objectives led to her current role as Director of Human Resources at InterContinental Bahrain, where she has implemented groundbreaking initiatives in intergenerational workforce management and skills-based talent deployment.
What distinguishes Monterde's leadership is her unique fusion of operational experience and HR acumen. Her frontline beginnings inform every policy and program she develops, ensuring practical relevance alongside strategic impact. Under her guidance, InterContinental Bahrain has become a regional benchmark for employee experience, with innovative peer mentoring systems and AI-enhanced career pathing tools that have increased internal mobility by 40%.
This recognition celebrates Monterde's dual legacy as both an IHG success story and an industry innovator. Her upcoming "Heart of Hospitality" leadership program, focused on emotional intelligence development for hotel managers, promises to further elevate professional standards across Bahrain's hospitality sector.
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