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Gloria Nnanke Essien

Human Resource Manager

Gloria Nnanke Essien is a business consultant with a mission to renew, transform and preserve the vision and culture of owner led businesses in Africa. She is focused on building culture pillars in growth focused organizations across sub-Sahara Africa.

Nnanke is the Lead Strategist at SiSa, a management consulting firm dedicated to research-driven solutions for culture transformation, business sustainability, and HR integration, primarily for owner-led businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. At SiSa, we believe that a new African business model—rooted in powerful values, communal principles, and long-term sustainability—can redefine enterprise success across generations.

 

A visionary, innovator, and gifted conceptual thinker, Nnanke brings nearly 15 years of experience as a highly regarded speaker, HR consultant, strategic planner, and coach to entrepreneurs and business leaders. She is passionate about building business environments where both founders and employees thrive, and she firmly believes that African businesses have the capacity to sustain excellence for over 250 years—transcending generations while maintaining relevance and impact.

 

Her expertise lies in helping businesses identify their core, implement progressive cultures, and develop systems and processes that ensure long-term business success. She has worked with startups, consulting firms, multi-subsidiary companies, and organizations across diverse industries, including oil and gas, logistics, agribusiness, IT, INGOs, and telecommunications. Through her work, she has unlocked the secrets to business longevity, people-centric growth, and effective process integration.

Known by some as the "Structure and Systems Mama", but preferring to be called "The Transformer", Nnanke has helped countless businesses refine their vision, people strategy, process, and culture to achieve lasting results.

 

Her thought leadership has been featured in Vanguard Newspaper, Business Day CEO Magazine, SLA (She Leads Africa), Africa Business Radio, Arise TV, Social Media Week Lagos, Shepreneur with BeeCee Ugboh, TAAS, and more. She is also an author, with notable publications, including The Rookie’s Compass.

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