May is an energetic and collaborative Executive Talent Acquisition Consultant and career coach having recruited in multiple industries, working with hiring managers, executives, and individuals to fill thousands of roles over the last 20 plus years across the US and Globally.
Sessions
Monday Oct. 10 - 11:40am - 12:40pm (60 min)
Kusi is the founder and CEO of Keeping “U” Simply Intact (KUSI) Consulting, a marketing, training and recruiting company based in the United States (US) and in Ghana. She is also the Managing Director of threesixtyGh, a social enterprise company with an online presence showcasing innovative ventures in Ghana and the people behind them.
Human Resource and Marketing professional with 15+ years of experience. Currently, the CEO and Sr. HR Consultant at Keeping 'U' Simply Intact (KUSI) Consulting, a Human Resource (HR) Management Solutions and Marketing consultancy based in New York and Accra, Ghana providing HR Audits, Training, Recruitment, Outsourcing, and Digital Marketing services to Small, Medium.and Large Enterprises.
Sessions
Tuesday Oct. 11 - 01:00pm - 01:15pm (15 min)
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)
Matt Pietsch
Chief Strategy Officer at High5 and eTeam , New York - USA
Matt Pietsch, serves as the Chief Strategy officer and is responsible for the strategic direction of High5 and its parent company eTeam. He is focused on a variety of areas, including mergers/acquisitions, global alliances and partnerships, as well as helping to direct the future of eTeam’s technology platform High5. Matt has spent nearly all of his 30 year career in the human capital management space, starting in recruitment and transitioning to sales and sales executive leadership roles within the global recruitment, talent assessment, video interviewing technology space and with companies leveraging AI for predictive talent analytics. He is based in Atlanta, GA in the US.
Sessions
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 09:00am - 10:00am (60 min)
Thursday Oct. 13 - 09:00am - 10:00am (60 min)
Irene Kimacia
Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications at Institute of Human Resource Management - Kenya
currently the Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications at the Institute of Human Resources Management, previously I have served as the Ag. Executive Director at the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM). I am a trained Journalist and Corporate Affairs professional who has practiced for over 10 years. I have previously worked as a TV news reporter and a newspaper sub-editor.
Sessions
Monday Oct. 10 - 09:00am - 10:00am (60 min)
Dr Dickson Ojukwu
HR Leader, Performance Coach, Learning Facilitator at Liverpool - USA
A Telecoms HR leader and Talent Management Expert with over 20 years offering an array of skills in developing people strategy, employee performance management, consulting solutions to meet people management needs, change management interventions, consultative relationship building, and talent development.
Currently Executive Consultant with one of the world-leading people solutions companies; co-creating pragmatic solutions with his clients to unique business and leadership problems. An Associate Member of the CIPD (UK). I have enjoyed excellent senior coaching and strategy development throughout my career including a Telecoms “mini-MBA” An ICF Certified Coach (ACC), Marshall Goldsmith Coach, Strength Strategy Certified Coach (SSCC), Symbiosis Goal Attainment Coach and MBTI Coach.
My key achievements include, but not limited to;
• Awarded the Silver Award from STC Management for Idea Generation, November 2011.
• Implementing Z-dialogue Performance Management System with a 90% success rate.
• Successfully outsourcing IT, Network Operations and Customer Service for 16 African operations with over 3,500 employees to 6 strategic partners (IBM, Ericsson, Tech Mahindra, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei and Spanco).
• Successfully transitioning 384 IT employees across 16 country operations.
• Successfully transitioning 2,953 CSD employees across 16 country operations.
• Establishing the transition principles for 764 Network employees.
I possess international experience having worked in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Have worked for several large, multinational corporations; adding value in every position held. Subsequently, I have gained invaluable strengths essential for quality performance and effective leadership in a role as a Country Director to organizations in the current disruptive business environment.
Overall recognized as an international Conference Speaker, Learning Facilitator, and a Business Solution Provider.
Sessions
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 10:30am - 11:30am (60 min)
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)
Cynthia Chirinda
Managing Consultant at Wholeness Incorporated - USA / Dubai
Cynthia Chirinda is a Communications Strategist and Human Capital Development Practitioner. As a serial entrepreneur and recipient of several leadership awards, Cynthia has worked with various corporates, international development agencies, government ministries, coalitions, political organisations, faith-based organisations
and commissions in areas of leadership development, youth and women empowerment.
As a Wellness and Peak Performance coach, her coaching practice focuses on Personal Leadership, Healing Inside Out and Communication for Strategic Connectedness.
Cynthia is an author, speaker and publisher, whose messages
promote disruptive thinking by provoking people and institutions to challenge their comfort zones, live integrated lives and create trans-generational solutions through paradigm shifts and transformative actions.
She is the Director of Communications and Talent Development at Advalo International Solutions, Dubai, UAE and holds qualifications in Marketing Communications and Transformational Leadership.
Sessions
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)
Samuel Kariuki
Director, Human Resources, Africa Regional Office of The Rockefeller Foundation - Kenya
Samuel Gachwe Kariuki is a Director, Human Resources at The Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Region Office. He joined the Foundation in March 2021 and serves as the HR thought partner in the Africa Regional Office.
Sam is a Pan-African HR leader with over 20 Years HR experience across East, West, South and North Africa. He has lived and worked in 7 African countries (Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania and Uganda). Prior to joining The Rockefeller Foundation, Sam was the Chief People Officer at Cellulant Group and was based in Abuja, Nigeria. In 2016, Sam joined M-KOPA ltd as the Chief Human Resources Officer where he led the People function for the Group. Between 2001 and 2016, Sam held various HR leadership roles including HR Division Manager at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Head of HR Operations at Safaricom Limited and Compensation & Benefits Manager for SSA at Citibank.
Mr. Kariuki holds an Executive MBA from Strathmore Business School. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant – CPA (K), a Certified Public Secretary – CPS (K) and holds a Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management from the Institute of Human Resource Management of Kenya (IHRMK). He is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree at the University of Liverpool.
Sessions
Tuesday Oct. 11 - 10:30am - 11:30am (60 min)
Wednesday Oct. 12 - 11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)
