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Dimashi S

Fractional People Leader

About Me

I support scaling companies to setup their people processes for success in a fractional capacity. I help organisations build strong foundations in talent, reward, and learning to support sustainable growth. I enjoy turning complexity into practical structure. I also design frameworks that clarify roles, career paths, governance, and development — and ensure managers and HR teams can confidently apply them in day-to-day decisions. In all of this, I work closely with executive teams and People leaders across international environments, aligning organisation design and capability building with business priorities. I prefer consulting or interim basis assignments because I enjoy the variability and the exposure it gives me.

Jurisdiction

Netherlands | United Kingdom | United States | Luxembourg | Belgium | Ireland | Portugal | Spain | Kenya | Rwanda

Notable Employer

  • HR Consultant at KOKO Networks
  • Interim Global Talent & Learning Partner at Digital Realty
  • Interim Global HR Project Lead at Digital Realty

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
HR Consultant NotableKOKO Networks
2024 - 2025

– Conducted a comprehensive HR and capability maturity assessment across Kenya, Rwanda, India and UK — identifying critical gaps in people processes and delivering prioritised improvement roadmaps to leadership. – Designed and deployed a company-wide job architecture (Radford methodology) and career framework across all functions — clarifying progression pathways and enabling consistent, fair reward decisions aligned to commercial strategy. – Led the end-to-end 2025 salary review cycle, building internal pay bands and conducting gender pay analysis to embed pay-for-performance principles. – Partnered with cross-regional business leaders and HR teams to drive adoption of the HR roadmap, operating effectively in politically complex, multi-stakeholder environments. – Drafted employee handbooks and HR policies across all locations (Africa, UK, India) — ensuring local legal compliance and consistency with company standards.

Interim Global Talent & Learning Partner NotableDigital Realty
2022 - 2025

– Led the design and global rollout of a core capability framework for 3,500+ employees using Korn Ferry methodology — defining skill requirements and development pathways by career stage to strengthen the talent pipeline and drive internal mobility. – Designed and delivered end-to-end global leadership programmes (Director & above, First Time Managers, Individual Contributors) — managing vendors, logistics, faculty and full programme lifecycle across regions, reaching 1,500+ employees. – Owned full LMS procurement from RFP to go-live and launched LinkedIn Learning — designing capability-mapped learning paths, driving adoption, and building dashboards to report impact to senior leadership. – Created career development planning toolkits for managers and employees, including HRIS configuration in Oracle HCM.

Interim – Global Talent ManagementDigital Realty
2021 - 2022

– Post-merger, harmonised performance management processes of two organisations into a single global framework — updating definitions, calibration guidance, and manager toolkits across three regions. – Configured and enabled Oracle HCM performance and talent modules globally — overseeing system setup, user testing and training to drive adoption at scale. – Redesigned the end-to-end talent review and succession planning cycle using Agile methodologies — engaging senior executives to drive consensus on bench strength and pipeline readiness. – Built executive dashboards tracking succession health, bench strength and performance outcomes to inform C-suite workforce planning.

Interim Global HR Project Lead NotableDigital Realty
2020 - 2021

– Led post-acquisition HR integration across the US and EMEA — harmonising learning, performance and succession frameworks across two organisations within a 12-month transition period. – Covered EMEA Reward Lead (maternity cover) — conducting WTW-based compensation benchmarking, leading EMEA benefits and employment term harmonisation, and supporting the end-to-end salary review cycle.

Skills

Core skills10
Languages2

Skills

Reward Strategy & Design
Job Architecture
Talent Review & Succession
Post-Merger Integration
Capability Frameworks
Leadership Development
Internal Mobility Frameworks
AI-Enabled HR Automation
Eu Pay Transparency
HRIS

Languages

English
English (British)

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