IOIbukun Ogundipe
Senior HR Business Partner specializing in workforce strategy and transformation
United Kingdom
I am a strategic HR Business Partner with more than a decade of experience advising C-suite and regional leaders across 50+ jurisdictions in North America, EMEA, and APAC. I specialize in workforce strategy, organisation design, operating models, talent and succession, employee relations, performance culture, and business transformation. I have delivered measurable outcomes including 100% retention of critical talent, 95% objective-setting completion, a reduction in average span of control from 13 to 7, and an engagement improvement from the bottom 33rd percentile to the top quartile. I have also led Workday deployments, post-merger integrations, statutory business transfers, executive hiring, and complex international employee relations portfolios. As an MCIPD, GPHR, and ACMP-certified HR leader, I bring commercial judgment, executive coaching capability, and experience operating across complex, multinational environments. I build practical people strategies that strengthen leadership effectiveness, support growth, manage risk, and enable organisational change.
Experience
Global People Business Partner
OneStream Software · Full-time
Jun 2025 – Jul 2026 · 1 yr 1 mth
United Kingdom
I partnered with senior leaders across Global Marketing, Business Development, and EMEA Sales on organisation design, workforce strategy, performance, talent, executive hiring, employee relations, and change. I reduced average span of control from 13 to 7, improved performance accountability through Lattice and 9-box calibration, resolved 19 of 22 high-risk international employee relations cases, and supported six senior leadership appointments. I also built executive workforce dashboards linking headcount, turnover, and capability data to commercial metrics, using Generative AI to accelerate workforce analysis.
Regional People Business Partner — IMEA Operations & Business Units
Maersk South Africa & Maersk United Kingdom · Full-time
May 2023 – May 2025 · 2 yrs
I advised executive leadership teams across 32 IMEA countries and approximately 7,200 employees on workforce strategy, organisational transformation, commercial growth, and leadership effectiveness. I led the full-lifecycle Workday deployment, including the Time Management module, directed post-merger cultural integration affecting 90% of the regional workforce while maintaining 100% operational continuity, and achieved 95% year-over-year completion for objective setting. I also supported RFQs, tenders, people cost modelling, organisation design, and operational workforce mobilisation.
Regional HR Business Partner, Supply Chain, Procurement & Commercial
Maersk South Africa · Full-time
Jan 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mths
I designed and operationalised a new regional Supply Chain department, defining capability requirements, acquiring executive talent, and establishing career pathways. I created a cross-functional succession and talent development framework that achieved 100% retention of identified critical talent, and led Finance engagement interventions that raised engagement from the bottom 33rd percentile to the top quartile across IMEA. I also directed Section 197/TUPE business transfer workstreams with zero labour disputes and full regulatory compliance, and redesigned commercial incentives.
HR Manager (West Africa) & Regional Change Manager (Africa)
Maersk Nigeria Limited · Full-time
Jul 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mths
I led HR operations across three West African countries while managing regional change during business transformation and post-COVID recovery. I advised and coached the Managing Director through an operating model transition, delivered the end-to-end acquisition strategy for a National Sales Lead, and led DE&I and engagement interventions that restored organisational trust. I also directed COVID-19 emergency response, business continuity planning, occupational health protocols, hybrid working frameworks, and the build-out of HR, legal compliance, and operational infrastructure for West Africa’s first dedicated 3PL warehouse.
Country HR Manager
Maersk Ghana Limited · Full-time
Nov 2015 – Jun 2020 · 4 yrs 7 mths
Ghana & Togo
I served as executive HR lead for multi-site operations, labour relations, and business transformation across Ghana and Togo. I transformed relationships with three trade union bodies and led collective bargaining that enabled major sales and operational restructures to complete ahead of schedule. I also delivered top-quartile employee engagement across operational sites and achieved 100% retention of critical enterprise talent.
HR Business Partner
Maersk Nigeria Limited · Full-time
Jul 2012 – Oct 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mths
I managed complex labour relations and joint consultative committee meetings involving local and international union bodies. I implemented performance incentive frameworks for sales and operations that increased performance by 15% and reduced attrition.
Education
University of Ibadan
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Theatre Arts
University of Stellenbosch Business School
Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership Development
Kotter International
Certified in Leadership & Kotter’s Science of Change
APMG / Prosci Frameworks
Accredited Change Management Practitioner (ACMP)
HRCI
Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR)
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK
Chartered Member (MCIPD)
Skills
Languages
English
Native or bilingual proficiency