Taiwo ‘Dayo-Abatan is a seasoned HR Specialist and currently the Group Head, Human Capital and Corporate Services at Primera Africa Finance Group where she leads the team in Strategic Planning, Organizational Leadership, Change Management, Process Automation and provides Thought – Partnership in driving the Human Capital Agenda of the Group.

With almost 25 years of work experience with over 18 years in Human Resources Management, she has over the years developed competencies in Performance Management, People and Cultural Transformation, Learning and Development, Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection, Organizational Development and Employee Relations and her career span different sectors of the Nigerian Economy.

She is adept in conducting various training sessions for enhancing performance and a strong passion for People and Culture Transformation.

Before she joined Primera Africa, she worked at Mutual Benefits in Assurance PLC, as Group Head HR & Admin where she handled HR activities in 4 subsidiaries of the Organization across Nigeria and the West African Coast with a work force of over 4000. She also led and assisted with the implementation of Human Resources (HR) initiatives across the Organization.

Taiwo also had a 6-year stint as Head, Human Resources of Total Health Trust Limited, a member of Liberty, SA where she was very instrumental in driving the strategy for people and cultural change the Company tried to achieve during their transformation from an OwnerManaged Enterprise into a fully corporatized entity after the 100% take over by Liberty.

An alumnus of The London Academy Business School as well as the Olusola Lanre Coaching Academy, Taiwo attended the University of Ado-Ekiti where she studied Economics and graduated with a Second-Class Upper Degree. She then proceeded to The Federal University of Technology, Akure where she bagged an MBA majoring in Management. Taiwo is a certified Life Coach, Mentor and Career Counselor.

She is a member of several professional bodies among which are.

• The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM),
• International Coaching Federation (ICF), Nigeria
• Association of Professional Facilitators and Trainers in Africa (APFTiA)
• The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)
• Nigerian Institute of Training and Development (NITAD)
• The Institute of Professional Managers and Administrators (IPMA).

She is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, International (SPHRi) as well as a trained Adult Learning Experience (ALE) Professional.

A goal-getter, Taiwo led her team to win the CIPM HR Best Practice Awards as Runners up in 2014 and Winner in 2017 for the Health Sector of the Nigerian Economy.

As a Trainer, Taiwo seats on the faculty of some Consulting Firms among which are Beth’s Consulting Limited, Rome Business School, Bellforte Consulting and Vantage Consulting, CA where she also seats as a member of the Advisory Board of their Certification arm.

As a way of giving back to the HR profession and fulfilling her passion which is impacting and improving professionals, Taiwo is the Founder and Host of “Taiwo’s Coffee Chat” a capacity building platform for HR professionals and holds this free attendance event which is already in its 6th edition regularly as well as “The HR Foundry” a learning platform for building and raising exceptional HR Professionals with over 500 members.

In recent times, Taiwo has been the recipient of several awards which are:

1. 2019 Top 50 Nigerian Influencers on LinkedIn – SalesRuby
2. 2019 Revenue Leadership Award – Premium Content Creator – SalesRuby
3. 2020 Africa LinkedIn Influencer Award – HR/Recruiter Category – Tech Times Africa
4. 2020 Top 250 Hr Influencers in the World – Social Micole
5. 2020 HR Thought Leadership Award – SalesRuby
6. 2021 African Women Industrialization Award
7. 2021 30 Leading Women in HR- WordenHCD
8. 2021 Top 100 Career Women in Nigeria – 9-5Chick

A dedicated, focused and goal-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal skills. She has imbibed teamwork as a philosophy and this guides her in her career, Taiwo is happily married and blessed with lovely children.