Saveer Singh Vohra
Saveer Singh Vohra is a third-generation Kenyan hotelier and director of Sarova Hotels & Resorts, the country’s largest indigenous hospitality brand. After earning a first-class degree in civil engineering and an MSc in finance from the University of Warwick, he cut his teeth in corporate-finance advisory at BDO Mauritius, structuring cross-border deals for tourism and real-estate clients.
He returned home in 2018 to join the family conglomerate whose portfolio spans hospitality, manufacturing, aviation, and property and now leads Sarova’s strategy and new-build pipeline. Vohra has overseen the addition of three properties, bringing the group to nine hotels and lodges across Kenya, including the flagship Sarova Woodlands in Nakuru and the soon-to-open Sarova Imperial Kisumu, the brand’s first lakeside business hotel. His data-driven revenue-management overhaul lifted average daily rate by 18 percent while a solar-power roll-out cut group energy costs by a third.
Beyond bricks and mortar, he champions Kenyan sourcing: 80 percent of Sarova’s fresh produce now comes from local smallholders under the “Farm2Fork” initiative he launched in 2021. Vohra sits on the Kenya Tourism Federation board, mentors start-ups through the Villgro Africa hospitality accelerator, and was named to Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40 Men (2021). Anchored by the mantra “luxury rooted in local,” he is steering Sarova toward regional expansion and net-zero operations by 2030.