Gaurav Bhushan holds an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) and a postgraduate degree in finance.
He began his career at Accor in Australia in 1995, holding various posts in operations and finance before moving into development, as Business Development Manager for Australia and New Zealand, in 2000. He was subsequently appointed Chief Development Officer for Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and then VP Development for North Asia and the Pacific in 2004.
He has been heading the Asia-Pacific development teams, and coordinating development through joint ventures and partnerships in the region, since 2006. It was in this capacity that he led the acquisition of Mirvac Hotels & Resorts in Australia and New Zealand and, more recently, the alliance with Huazhu in China.
Gaurav Bhushan joined AccorHotels’ Executive Committee in January 2017.