Speaker

Omo Akintan, chief people officer, University Pension Plan

Omo Akintan is the University Penson Plan’s chief people officer and is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s people strategy, including performance management, talent development and acquisition, employee engagement as well as diversity and inclusion initiatives. She also works alongside the UPP’s executive teams to define organizational culture and values.

Prior to joining the UPP, Akintan was chief people officer at the City of Toronto. In this role, she delivered programs and services to promote an inclusive, accessible and discrimination- and harassment-free environment for employees, service recipients and residents. She was also the city lead on the development of Toronto’s Indigenous Affairs Office, in partnership with Toronto’s Indigenous community.

Akintan is a juris doctor from the faculty of law at the University of Toronto. Her community efforts include being co-chair of the University of Toronto administrative tribunal, director of the Massey Centre for Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents, a volunteer for the Out of the Cold program and a mentor for the University of Toronto’s faculty of law.