Nigeria

Adeidunnu Uba, Nigeria

Adeidunnu.Uba@wbaforum.org
CURRENT ROLE:
Executive Consultant -SimplyUn4gettable
Partner -Prolyseis Advisory Services

PREVIOUS ROLES
Manager, Human Resources -  Addax Petroleum Nigeria
Country Human Resources Manager - Vetco Gray Nigeria  (GE Oil & Gas)
Head, Human Capital -  Reltel Wireless (Zoom Mobile)
Early-career experiences  -  Legal Practice, Administration &  Finance

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Adeidunnu’s 21 year career was birthed in private legal practice, grounded in early cross-functional experience in the high-pressure Nigerian Oil & Gas industry and benefited from cross-over experience in one of Africa’s fastest growing telecoms markets.  
While handling the People Development portfolio at Addax Petroleum, Ade was responsible for: Learning & Development, Performance & Competency Management and Organizational Development
As HR Business Partner, she was responsible for providing a diverse range of HR-related services to drive effective people management within the business groups she supported. Ade’s  HRBP team supported business groups which comprised about 50% of total staffing numbers.  
She was also responsible for coordinating HR Business Planning activities and deeply involved in ongoing management of the company’s complex industrial relations landscape.

CURRENT INTERESTS & PROJECTS:
Adeidunnu has in the last few years developed a very keen interest in gamification, , game-based learning, the future of work and how we can help the current and future workforce function effectively in the “new normal”.
She has led and/or participated in the design and/or deployment of several interesting projects both within the corporate world and in the education sector.
Her professional services firm, SimplyUn4gettable is the West Africa partner for AcceliumEDU,  an innovative game-based learning methodology with 4m+ users in 33 countries. SimplyUn4gettable also partners with OutsideinHR to certify Game-Based Learning Facilitators and accredit Game-Based Skills Assessors at the Accelium Growth Centre.
Prolyseis Advisory  - where she is a Partner & Co-founder - provides outsourced HR Business Partnering & Consulting services to businesses across various sectors. Prolyseis Advisory’s HR Business Partnering model is highly effective and helps client organsiations harness the power of people to enable superior business performance.
Adeidunnu has led or supported people-related projects for various entities including  SEPLAT Nigeria PLC, Lagos Business School, NLNG, UAC Foods, FBNQuest, NDIC, Smile360  and others.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & MEMBERSHIPS:
Called to the Nigerian Bar in 1999, Ade holds a Master’s degree in HR Management & Development from the University of Manchester and is an Association for Talent Development (ATD) Credentialed Master Instructional Designer.
Adeidunnu also holds a UK-CIM accredited Diploma (in Event Management for Marketing Communications) from The Event Academy, London.
A passionate life-long learner, Ade is an alumnus of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC), a project of the Centre for Global Enterprise. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).