Oluwatoyin Sodipe is a people development professional, corporate trainer, public speaker, career coach, and author. She has about nine (9) years of cumulative work experience providing HR advisory services, change management, HR and business transformation, corporate strategy development, and project management services to companies within the financial services, oil and gas, telecommunications, healthcare, education, logistics & transportation, fashion & beauty and public sector.
Oluwatoyin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Obafemi Awolowo University and a Master’s Degree in Industrial & Labour Relations with a specialization in Human Resource Management from the University of Lagos in Nigeria. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (ACIPM), a member of the Human Resource Business Professional (HRBP) Network, USA, and also a licensed Human Resource Practitioner (HRPL).
Oluwatoyin previously served as the Chief Executive Officer at SESEWA, Nigeria’s 1st internship focused and foremost career development organization. An organization where she was an intern 8 years ago and was privileged to provide strategic direction to a team of young professionals who are committed to solving Africa’s unemployment and educational challenges.
As a learning & development specialist, Oluwatoyin has a strong knack for imparting knowledge and human capacity building. She is the founder of Velvet Consulting & Advisory (VCA), a human resource consulting firm, and also the lead facilitator at Velvet Learning Academy (VLA), a learning organization that trains, coaches, and mentors recent graduates and young professionals as they are equipped with 21st-century skills to thrive and excel in the workplace and life in general. She is a regular facilitator at global organizations such as the Wells Mountain Initiative, in the USA and the International Internships Network, in Canada.
Oluwatoyin is passionate about people dynamics, personal & social transformation through self-leadership, innovation, and effective policy formulation.
