Olusola Rodney Adewole
Lagos
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Partner, Workforce Transformation Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
Lagos
07.2020 - 09.2024
- Member, global leadership team of the Katzenbach Center, PwC’s Center of Excellence and Innovation on Organization Culture and Leadership
- The Center helps leaders close the strategy-through-execution gap by putting their cultures to work
- Faculty Member, PwC’s Leaders Solving for Tomorrow programme helping C-level executives prepare to respond to the 5 global megatrends of demographic and social shifts, shifts in global economic power, rapid urbanization, climate change and technological breakthroughs
- Led large scale human resources transformation projects across the full spectrum of organization development and talent management for clients in consumer goods, financial services, oil and gas and government
- Designed and delivered multiple leadership development programmes (across all grade levels) for clients in diverse industries
- Most of the programmes were initiatives to build the clients’ succession pipeline and grow organization-specific types of leaders
- Thought leadership and subject matter expert in HR Strategy, leadership development, digital workforce transformation, performance management, culture change and people-centric change management
- Team leadership of 40 consultants across 4 countries in West Africa.
Associate Director, Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
Lagos
02.2017 - 06.2020
- Member, global leadership team of the Katzenbach Center, PwC’s Center of Excellence and Innovation on Organization Culture and Leadership
- The Center helps leaders close the strategy-through-execution gap by putting their cultures to work
- Faculty Member, PwC’s Leaders Solving for Tomorrow programme helping C-level executives prepare to respond to the 5 global megatrends of demographic and social shifts, shifts in global economic power, rapid urbanization, climate change and technological breakthroughs
- Led large scale human resources transformation projects across the full spectrum of organization development and talent management for clients in consumer goods, financial services, oil and gas and government
- Designed and delivered multiple leadership development programmes (across all grade levels) for clients in diverse industries
- Most of the programmes were initiatives to build the clients’ succession pipeline and grow organization-specific types of leaders
- Thought leadership and subject matter expert in HR Strategy, leadership development, digital workforce transformation, performance management, culture change and people-centric change management
- Team leadership of 40 consultants across 4 countries in West Africa.
Managing Consultant
Human Performance Solutions
Lagos
01.2001 - 01.2017
- Led strategy; business development and solutions delivery across the full spectrum of the HR value chain
- Co-designed and delivered leadership development programmes for 2 of Nigeria’s tier-1 banks to groom middle to senior management professionals for executive roles
- Advised Unilever Nigeria's executive leadership under two successive CEOs to refresh corporate and business unit strategy for Customer Development, Finance and Human Resources
- Engaged by Unilever Nigeria as an organization transformation consultant to translate a corporate growth strategy into individual actions on a project to double her business by 2015
- Designed and implemented a backbone Strategic HR management system for a new bank, on a project funded by Africa Project Development Facility, an agency of the International Finance Corporation
- Engaged by Boston-based Management Sciences for Health to design and implement a new Performance Management System for Nigeria's Primary Health Care Development Agency on a USAID funded project
- Developed and delivered a Service Management Program for Chevron Texaco to enable a new Business Partnering organization.
Leadership and Talent Management Center of Expertise
Cargill Incorporated
Wayzata
01.2015
- Created a Talent Strategy for Africa
- The strategy set forth options to attract, develop and retain top African talent to lead the 150-year-old company on the continent
- Cargill is the largest privately held organization by revenue in the United States, with 153,000 employees and operations in 67 countries
- Cargill provides food, animal, financial and industrial products to the world’s largest businesses.
Graduate Faculty
The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
Columbus
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Led faculty for two honors’ classes for Fisher College's premier introductory business and ethical leadership course.
Senior Consultant
Accenture
Lagos
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Led award-winning project to design and install a Balanced Scorecard and Shared-Service HR Organization that was pivotal to the return to profitability of Nigeria's oldest and largest Conglomerate
- Advised Nigeria's Federal Airports Authority on a Service Improvement Program that installed Customer Information Infrastructure at Nigeria's major airports
- Advised on Compensation positioning for Nigeria's premier Security, Printing and Minting Company
- Developed a Communication blueprint for Heineken Nigeria to bridge gaps arising from the company's geographical distribution and organizational hierarchy.
Senior Consultant/ Chief Operating Officer
Phillips Consulting Ltd (Thomas International Management Systems U.K.)
Lagos
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Led business strategy to grow the client base of the West African practice from 5 to 30 institutional clients in banking, manufacturing and government
- Provided HR thought leadership for firm’s strategy and process improvement engagements
- Coached and mentored over 300 HR and business leaders to maximize people performance using the proprietary DiSCTM work behavioral management methodology and tools.
Assistant Vice President/Treasury Lead
Financial Services Consultants Limited
Lagos
01.1993 - 01.1995
- Led a team of 03 to grow the company's assets and liabilities from N0 up N5 million
- Provided wealth management advisory services to the firm’s over 40 premium investment clients.
Investment Associate
First Marina Trust Limited
Lagos
01.1991 - 01.1993
- Managed blue-chip and high net-worth individual investments.
Trainee Investment Analyst/ Foreign Exchange Dealer
Prime Merchant Bank Limited
Lagos
01.1990 - 01.1991
- Traded on the inter-bank and independent markets in foreign exchange
- Designed a real-time and on-line program to enable management decisions on foreign exchange allocation for international trade.
Summary
An internationally trained and experienced HR management consultant and leadership development expert, with exceptional experience advising top-tier organizations and coaching professionals at all career levels. I possess proven expertise in the design and implementation of organizational effectiveness and talent management strategies.
My experience cuts across sectors including education, oil & gas, banking, and government.
Certification
Chartered Institute of Personnel Management
Education
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA 08.2014 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria 10.1986 - 10.1990
Skills
Strategic Planning
undefinedTimeline
Partner, Workforce Transformation Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
07.2020 - 09.2024
Chartered Institute of Personnel Management
04-2017
Associate Director, Advisory
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
02.2017 - 06.2020
Leadership and Talent Management Center of Expertise
Cargill Incorporated
01.2015
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
The Ohio State University
08.2014 - 05.2016
Graduate Faculty
The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
01.2014 - 01.2016
Managing Consultant
Human Performance Solutions
01.2001 - 01.2017
Senior Consultant
Accenture
01.1999 - 01.2001
Senior Consultant/ Chief Operating Officer
Phillips Consulting Ltd (Thomas International Management Systems U.K.)
01.1997 - 01.1999
Assistant Vice President/Treasury Lead
Financial Services Consultants Limited
01.1993 - 01.1995
Investment Associate
First Marina Trust Limited
01.1991 - 01.1993
Trainee Investment Analyst/ Foreign Exchange Dealer
Prime Merchant Bank Limited
01.1990 - 01.1991
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Obafemi Awolowo University
10.1986 - 10.1990
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