Funbi Matthew, Chairman Of The Board, Centre for Organisation Leadership & Development (COLD)

Funbi Matthew is a proven organisation development and strategic human capital, dedicated business management professional, with over a decade progressive experience in legal, property management and consulting industry, managing the day-to-day operations and administration with the goal of meeting, and exceeding both internal and external stakeholder expectations, using the values of organisation development to drive productivity and efficiency.

She is a Project Management Professional (CPMP); Organisation Development Certified Professional (ODCP), Senior Professional HR International (SPHRI), Member- Organisation Leadership & Development Network (MOLDN), Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria ACIPM, amongst others.

She has planned, organised, and executed activities of human resource departments, and advises on personnel policies and procedure.

Matthew is positioned as a strategic organisation development and HR business partner, who creates alignment between an organisation’s strategy, structure, management processes and practices, work processes, learning, people and reward, as well as develop and implement sound human resources management strategies, deployed operation-real life-based solutions, and practices for business improvements.

She currently runs a leadership and organisation development podcast, targeted at educating executives on the importance of leadership development, as well as the alignment of organisation practices to strategy.

Her future goal is to develop enough capacity to impact a broader spectrum of the society globally and locally.

As a Practice Development Manager at Bloomfield Law Practice, she oversees the design and implementation of organisation development strategy and related projects.

She also develops and implements talent acquisition strategies and functions across, to ensure proper alignment with on-going needs, and goals of the organisation as well as best practices.

Funbi supervises and monitors change management strategies, processes and interventions that support Bloomfield Law Practice’s immediate and futuristic goals.

She ensures the design and update of the organisation’s structure as well as advising business leaders on the appropriate structure and reporting line. Also, she provides strategic direction for the design and implementation of succession planning, career management framework, and initiatives in order to foster employee engagement, career fulfilment and business sustenance as well as administrative business continuity.

Matthew is the Chairman Of The Board, Centre for Organisation Leadership & Development (COLD).

COLD is a Zimbabwean incorporated management consultancy and vocational education and training institution. They are a global learning organisation that moves organisations, work teams and individuals up the ladder of growth continually.

COLD is a leadership and development institution, with a commitment to building effective organisations through training and education of individuals, teams, leaders and aspiring leaders; and restructuring or reengineering organisations for growth and sustainability.