Cynthia Kikelomo Ajeigbe

Cynthia is a purpose driven strategic Global Human Resources Leader and an ICF Certified Professional Coach, with a solid foundation as a Chartered Accountant. She has an established track record of significantly enhancing business performance and the delivery of sustainable business outcomes through People.

Her career is underpinned by a BSc in accounting, a MBA and a suite of professional certifications across Finance, Taxation, Human Resources and Marketing. These, combined with hands on experience across industries and geographies, have shaped her multidimensional, commercially grounded perspective on leadership and organisational performance.

Kike (as she is also known as) brings with her over 3 decades of post-graduate experience with the last 18 years spent in Senior HR roles in multinational organisations with deep expertise in areas including (but not limited to) HR strategy formulation and execution, business partnering, mergers and acquisition, organizational effectiveness, transformation, talent development and performance management.

She began her career as a Chartered Accountant in the manufacturing sector (CAP Plc and Cadbury Plc), heading teams in banking operations, commercial accounting, financial and management accounting and company secretariat before transitioning into a Senior Human Resources role in Cadbury.

Since then, she has held Strategic Global, Regional and Country HR roles including:

• Global HR head – Corporate Finance and Principal Finance businesses and the COO organisation of Standard Chartered Bank (based in Singapore). She was the Global HR lead for Standard Chartered Bank’s divestment of their Principal Finance business via a Management Buy Out (MBO). This was a $3.5B hugely complex deal which won Private Equity International’s 2018 award for Secondaries Deal of the year in Asia. She was also the Global HR lead for the sale of the $1.8B Real estate business
• Asia Pacific HR Director – Citibank, a portfolio which covered the 21,000 employees in Institutional Clients Group, Operations and Technology. She also doubled as HR Partner and Advisor to the Asia Pacific, Operations and Technology DE&I Committee (based in Singapore)
• Senior HR Generalist for Global Functions and Operations and Technology, in addition to Coordinator of Citi Women Network, Citi Nigeria.
• Citi Diversity Africa Project Lead
• Country HR Head – Citi Nigeria
• Country HR Head – Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria

Cynthia Kike Ajeigbe adopts a whole-person coaching methodology to support Established Leaders and Emerging Leaders to lead with purpose, enhance their performance, and navigate complex professional and personal transitions.

Drawing from her finance background, she brings a strategic business lens to leadership development, team dynamics, and personal growth.

Her clients value her ability to challenge constructively, unlock blind spots, and drive measurable, meaningful outcomes, with purpose and humanity at the centre.

What truly differentiates her is the rare combination of global experience, grounded business insight, cultural fluency and a deeply relational coaching style. Cynthia bridges boardroom strategy with individual transformation, equipping her clients not just to lead, but to lead effectively, and live in alignment with who they are and the legacy they want to leave.

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