Femi Olu-Lafe is a partner at RHR specializing in executive assessment, coaching, and succession strategy. She advises senior leaders and organizations on complex talent decisions, bringing rigor to leadership selection while aligning development with business strategy.

Femi works across a range of contexts, including redesigning assessment frameworks, strengthening leadership pipelines, and embedding inclusive, data-driven succession practices. Most recently, she served as global development and culture partner at Barclays, where she supported the evolution of the global executive development processes while shaping enterprise leadership strategies and talent analytics capabilities. Her earlier experience includes leadership roles at Kinesso and YSC Consulting, as well as founding her own advisory firm. Femi has a lifelong love of reading and theatre and enjoys exploring new cities and cultures with family and friends.

Organizations rise and fall on the quality of their leadership.

Femi Olu-Lafe

Femi works with organizations across multiple industries, with significant leadership consulting experience in the following:

Financial services
Consumer packaged goods (CPG)
Retail
Media
Technology
Nonprofit and social impact
Pharmaceutical