D’Cunha brings over 16 years of experience in human capital leadership across India’s luxury hospitality sector. She joins the resort from The Leela Hyderabad, where she served as Human Resources Manager and led a team that delivered a 94 percent colleague satisfaction score and a 30 percent reduction in employee turnover. Before that, at Hyatt Regency Trivandrum, she worked alongside the Leadership Committee to shape people strategy, strengthen colleague welfare and build a team culture aligned with the brand’s service philosophy. Her tenure at Grand Hyatt Kochi stands out as a defining period in her career, where she simultaneously led HR and training across a large luxury property, developing talent pipelines, designing learning frameworks and creating an environment where colleagues were equipped and motivated to grow. It is this combination of strategic thinking, operational understanding and genuine investment in people that she now brings to Hilton.
In her role as Director of Human Resources, D’Cunha will lead the resort’s people and culture agenda, working closely with the executive committee to align HR strategy with business objectives. Her priorities will include leadership development, succession planning, performance management, and colleague engagement across all departments, alongside ensuring full compliance with Hilton’s global HR standards.
Sharing her thoughts on the appointment, D’Cunha said, “Joining Hilton Hyderabad Genome Valley Resort & Spa is a milestone I am truly proud of. Hilton’s legacy of care, its people-first culture and the standards it holds itself to globally are what make this role so meaningful to me. I look forward to building a team that feels that same pride from within, because when your people believe in where they work, it shows in everything they do.”
D’Cunha is known for building environments where people feel genuinely seen, supported and motivated to do their best work. She believes that culture is built through consistency, trust and the quality of relationships within a team, and that a truly engaged workforce is not a by-product of great hospitality but the very foundation of it. Hilton Hyderabad Genome Valley Resort & Spa welcomes D’Cunha and looks forward to the depth of leadership and warmth of culture she brings to the organisation.
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