Gabriel Balogun

Director, Talent Development @ Moniepoint Group

About

I help companies grow by building their people. My work focuses on driving measurable business outcomes. For example, I strengthened a fintech’s distribution team to sell payments, cards, and loans while scaling learning to tens of thousands of sales agents across 700+ LGAs in 37 states. I also reduced the “time-to-settle” for interns at a health tech company by equipping them with core early talent skills, with all retained after confirmation. Methodology = know the targets, identify the blocker and equip teams with the skills/capabilities to execute. Recognized as a Disruptive Enterprise L&D Leader (Nigeria & Kenya, 2024) and author of Driving Business Growth: Using L&D Initiatives — I focus on driving practical, measurable outcomes that matter most to the business.

Country

Nigeria

City

Lagos State

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

Educational Consulting, Learning Management Systems, Capability Development, Public Speaking, Cross-Functional Team Building, Performance Improvement, Leadership, Program Management, Performance Management, Learning Design, Talent Development, Learning Management, Organizational Development

Experience

Director, Talent Development

Moniepoint Group

2025-11 - Present · 11 mos

Equipping teams with the skills and technical depth needed to perform now and stay competitive tomorrow. Priorities: - Deliver learning to support business outcomes. - Develop learning paths to build capabilities. - Equip managers to manage & lead properly.

Head, Learning and Development

Moniepoint Group

2022-9 - 2025-10 · 3 yrs 2 mos

What I focus on daily as Head of L&D: 1. Run L&D with clear processes, not random trainings. 2. Build the skills the business needs to grow 3. Make learning easy to access and use. Key Achievements: → Launched a Sales Academy with 100+ courses. → Built a Customer Service Academy to improve service quality. → Created a Compliance Academy to keep the business audit-ready. → Designed practical programs to grow new and existing managers. → Grew the L&D team to 100+ people after being its first hire.

Learning And Development Specialist

Moniepoint Group

2022-3 - 2022-8 · 6 mos

Designed learning resources and delivered multiple programs for the Sales Network.

Learning and Development Consultant

FourthCanvas

2021-10 - 2022-7 · 10 mos

Lagos, Nigeria

→ Designed and delivered a 12-week Advanced Brand Design program that elevated mid-level designers to senior-level capability — closing talent gaps and boosting agency design performance.

Academy Director

[AI] Analytics Intelligence Africa

2021-10 - 2022-2 · 5 mos

→ Built and launched a digital academy to deliver the company’s AI and data education agenda — equipping people with skills for the future of work.

Academy Director

Utiva

2021-2 - 2021-9 · 8 mos

Lagos, Nigeria

Led a digital learning academy building job-ready talent at scale for various tech roles → Built a LMS that improved learner engagement and reduced admin load by 90%. → Deployed multiple programs aligned to real-world job performance standards in product, data etc. → Managed a 250+ person team of instructors and mentors to hit performance targets.

Learning Program Manager

Business Lab Africa

2019-10 - 2021-1 · 1 yr 4 mos

Lagos, Nigeria

Designed and led capacity-building programs for business owners. → Partnered with a knowledge expert to design and develop courses tailored to business growth. → Built and managed the organization’s learning portal, ensuring a seamless learner experience. → Managed learner onboarding, progress tracking, and support to maximize completion and application rates.

Independent Consultant

The Gabriel Balogun Company

2015-7 - 2020-12 · 5 yrs 6 mos

→ Designed end-to-end training solutions — from concept to delivery — using optimal formats, platforms, and facilitators to achieve measurable client outcomes.