Wale Adediran - Group Human Resource Director, Flour Mills of Nigeria

Wale Adediran

Group Human Resource Director

Flour Mills of Nigeria

Wale is the Group Human Resource Director for Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. and its subsidiaries. He is also the President and Chairman of Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM).

Wale has over 27 years of experience in human resource functions ranging from organisation development, rewards management, employee and industrial relations.

Initially trained as an engineer, Wale started his career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1992 as a management trainee before moving to the human resources team, where he worked his way up to the role of the Group Manager - Human Resources and was responsible for the leading all HR functions in West Africa.

Currently, Wale leads the Group HR function at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc and is responsible for managing the central HR team for the group.

He has won several awards nationally and internationally including Global HR Excellence Award at World HRD Congress and currently chairs the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) and the Committee of Personnel Experts (COPE) of the Association of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE).