PERSONALITY PROFILE
There is potential for future growth in hospitality Mesfin Abdi, 50, general manager of Radisson Blu Hotel Addis Ababa, believes in hard work and strives to serve. He was born and bred in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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r Abdi said, looking back: “I would have liked to join the hospitality industry earlier in my career. “I enjoy that there is a lot of potential for future growth, and through hospitality. There are many positives and I enjoy the fact that you have the ability to do things for other people.” Mr Abdi said: “I joined my current employer, Radisson Blu Addis Ababa in 2014 as HR manager. I was promoted to director for human resources and training and then executive assistant manager. In April 2020 I became the acting general manager and took on my current position permanently in October 2020.” After school, he completed a teacher training certificate at Kotebe Teacher Training College. “I obtained my business administration degree from Washington International University. Subsequently, I completed a leadership management training course at the International Leadership Management Institute in the UK. My working career commenced as an assistant PE teacher at the Sandford International School, which works according to the British curriculum. I fulfilled several positions at the school and eventually became a school administrator. Following that, I joined the department for international development at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa. Initially, I was technical support office administrator and eventually became the office manager, after working there for ten years,” Mr Abdi said.
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