Oluyomi Okunowo is SVP HR, Commercial Hair and Nail Organization at Wella Company, leading the People function across all markets. Prior to this, he was SVP, Total Reward and People Operations also at Wella Company, with responsibility for Total Reward (Compensation, Benefits and Mobility), People Support Center (HR Shared Service), People Systems and People Data & Analytics across all Wella businesses in more than 30 countries.
Oluyomi has held roles leading Reward and HR Transformation programs across multiple industries and geographies, including Beauty industry with COTY as VP, Global Compensation, Pharma with AstraZeneca as Regional Reward Lead responsible for Russia, Eurasia, Middle East and Africa (including Turkey) and in Banking as Compensation and Benefits Head for Citibank Africa. He has a keen interest in leveraging the link between Performance and Reward to drive business outcomes and is currently keen to see the evolution of People Data Management as Talent and Workforce Management evolve in the Digital age, leveraging new technology and particularly AI.
