Funke Amobi is the Regional Head, People & Culture for West Africa in Africa Regions- Standard Bank Group, prior to that she was the Country Head, Human Capital for Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc. (A member of the Standard Bank Group) where she had the responsibility for leading, defining and managing the Nigeria Human Capital strategy and the delivery of HC services, policies and programs across the Nigerian business. She is known for astutely aligning the Human Capital strategy to the Business strategy as well as shaping and driving culture and employee engagement to improve business performance.
With over 25 years’ experience in the human resources function, spanning across the telecommunications; oil and gas; and banking industries in Nigeria, Funke has a wealth of experience as a certified HR management practitioner, with a unique specialist depth in talent management and organization development. Before joining Stanbic IBTC, she was the General Manager, Organization and talent Development for MTN Nigeria Plc, a multinational market leader in the African telecommunications industry.
Funke is proudly Nigerian and passionate about Africa, she is a multiple award winner, she was a global finalist of the Professional Achievement Award in the 2015 UK Alumni Education Awards and was also awarded the 2015 HR Leader award in Nigeria by the HR People Magazine. In February 2017, Funke was recognized among the 100 most influential HR persons globally, the Award was presented at the 2017 World HRD congress held in Mumbai India.
Most recently in 2019, Funke was named amongst Nigeria’s #50 Top Corporate Women recognized for bringing distinct value to the workplace and she was also named 2019 All Africa Employee Engagement Professional of the Year. In 2020, she was named within the top 10 Platinum Club awardees in the all Africa Inaugural Career Influencer Award ceremony which held in Nigeria.
She has diverse interests mainly facilitation, women empowerment, youth development and career management. She serves as Lead Faculty for Organisation Behaviour and Management in the Executive MBA suite of the Univeristy of Ibadan CEMAR Campus.
Funke serves as Chairperson of the TREM Career Academy a non-for-profit enterprise focused on tackling unemployment by raising the employability bar for the Nigerian youth. She also sits on the Advisory Board of Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR) a non-for-profit women empowerment organization delivering structured mentoring to mid-career women.
Funke’s other board membership includes serving as a Non-Executive Director of Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited, a member of the Dean’s Council/Advisory Board of Lancaster University Management School UK (LUMS). She is also a member of the Board of Trustees for Women in HR Initiatives.
Funke is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) United Kingdom and was recently awarded the prestigious Chartered Companion status. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Nigeria where she leads the Professional Development & Learning Committee as a Council member.
Funke Amobi is an accomplished HR thought leader and subject matter expert on talent and career management, she has been at the forefront of the advocacy on the future of work and the workplace readiness as well as effective career management for professionals. She runs a blog “www.careermatterswithfunkeamobi.com” where she enables professionals make effective career decisions through knowledge sharing and capacity building.
She is committed to empowering careers because according to her, she fulfils a greater purpose of nation building by enabling people to attain their highest career potential.
Funke is happily married to Fred, a Finance Executive and they are blessed with a Son.
