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MENOUNGA OKALA Pierre Alfred

Human resources expert

Mr MENOUNGA has 24+ years’ experience as a company director and is now an expert consultant in organizational and human resources management.

After completing a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, he obtained a master’s degree in social sciences from the Catholic University of Central Africa (U.C.A.C). He is also a Certified Human Resources Analyst with the American Academy of Project Management.

Since 2000, Mr. MENOUNGA has held senior positions with several renowned multinationals (British American Tobacco, Barry Callebaut AG, Ecobank Transnational Incorporation, Air Liquide, Save The Children International, Oragroup).

Since July 2021, he has been Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Human Resources Director for Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.

Specific responsibilities/skills

Human Resources strategy design (at Oragroup as Group HR Director and Secretary to the HR Committee of the Oragroup Board of Directors, and in my current position, where I designed the territory’s “people strategy”); Recruitment of high-level profiles (CEOs, General Managers, Directors in all the multinationals I have worked with); Audit of human resources processes (at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, as Group HR specialist, I took part in HR audits during acquisitions/geographical expansions in at least 28 African countries; at Oragroup (as Group HR Director), after the takeover and consolidation of the various entities, I piloted HR process audits throughout the Group in Central and West Africa, including Guinea Conakry and Mauritania, etc.). .).

Today at PwC, in addition to my duties as HR Director for French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa, I am BPO (Business Process Owner) responsible for auditing HR processes for the entire territory.

Talent Management (implementation of the talent management framework and process at Ecobank and Oragroup) Compensation & Benefits Management (implementation of the Ecobank Group’s grading system and salary grid)

Education

  • Certified Human Resources Analyst
  • Master in social sciences
  • Bachelor’s degree in social sciences

Languages

  • French (Excellent)
    English (Excellent)