Author: Paul Pittman

Sandra D’Souza
sandrad’souza@thehumanwell.com

Sandra works with organizations across all sectors in building high-performing teams.  She has 25 years of corporate finance and motivational experience at executive levels and she brings a unique perspective to the THW team in her work on compensation, incentives, governance, and assessing the value of work.  

Sandra holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and she is also a designated CPA and CA. She is based in Toronto.

Founder and President
paulpittman@thehumanwell.com

Paul has more than 25 years of international Human Resource experience. He consults on international Human Resource matters and improving the return on investment in people. He works with Boards and executive management on compensation, global reward systems, and multi-culture change initiatives, global asset management strategies for pension and savings plans, established captive insurance arrangements for managing employee benefit-risk, and global employment entities for effecting mobile talent programs.

Paul has worked with Japan Tobacco International (formerly RJR Nabisco) as Vice President, Human Resources, led the global reward practice at Alcan, globalizing and integrating HR practice following the merger with Pechiney, identifying $20m of savings, and as interim HR lead at AngloGold Ashanti in South Africa. He led the HR teams in the $8 billion acquisition of RJR International by Japan Tobacco in 55 countries and the $12m IPO of Novelis Inc. He has also led national practices at two major professional services firms.

He is a former member of the Conference Board of Canada’s Council of Human Resources Executives and other Human Resource advisory roles, with global speaking engagements and articles on human resources published internationally, he was also editor of a major international human resource reference work.

Tina Mbinda
tinambinda@thehumanwell.com

Tina is a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) with extensive experience providing oversight and direction across the entire HR spectrum specializing in pay, incentives and the organization of work.  

During her 15+ years career, Tina has worked with organizations such as the College of Family Physicians of Canada, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre, The World Agroforestry Centre, CARE Canada, and War Child Canada.  She has been responsible for the growth and development of the Human Resources function, has led compensation projects as a subject matter expert for the formal job evaluation process, and developed and implemented HR policies aligned with industry standards, best practices, and legislative requirements.  

Tina is an active member of the Human Resources Professional Association and is located in the GTA.

Damir Galiullin
damirgaliullin@thehumanwell.com

Damir is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) with fifteen years of international compensation and accounting experience obtained through a career with global industry leaders in banking, mining and hospitality in the Middle East and Canada.

With a focus on executive compensation, Damir has successfully helped many companies align Executive team and Board directors compensation. He is skilled in sales compensation design, Hay job evaluation and performance management methodologies.

Damir is a member of GTA Rewards Association and World@Work and is located in Toronto.

Consultant
Post Graduate in Business Administration, Human Resources
Teena is a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) with over 10 years of HR experience in Canada and India working for the General Insurance, Consumer Goods, and Not for Profit Sector. She is a well rounded HR professional and has contributed in areas of Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Organization Development, Compensation Management and Change Management.

Teena has a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Post Graduation in Business Administration specialising in HR. She has a keen business acumen and endeavours at achieving Business Excellence through HR Solutions.

Consultant
geethasukumar@thehumanwell.com

Geetha has an extensive Human Resource background with over ten years experience in client service environments within government, public corporations and the non-for-profit sector.  She is a resourceful and analytical professional currently working towards her CHRL designation.  Her experience extends to recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee relations and employment legislation as well as communication; writing blogs,  articles and managing websites and social media platforms.

Geetha holds a post graduate certificate in Human Resource Management from Seneca College with high honours and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours from the University of Toronto.

International Global Reward Specialist
marklaw@thehumanwell.com

Mark is a strategically-minded international global reward specialist with over 20 years’ major company experience in IT, Telecoms and Financial Services.

Experience and strengths are: multi-country leading edge pay systems, incentive compensation, retirement schemes and benefit planning, HRIS implementation, international mobility management (expatriates) and human resource and policy integration project management arising out of mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing, joint ventures, divestments and similar transactions. Mark is multi lingual and based in London, England.

Small Business HR Services
alineayoub@thehumanwell.com

Aline focuses on helping small businesses with planning, evaluating and retaining their most valuable asset; their employees. She creates a disciplined approach to people management and has helped numerous business owners lower overheads with easy to implement tools that have enabled them to select the right people, slot them into the right roles at the right time, and manage them to achieve their full potential. She assists in overcoming leadership, communication and business challenges

Aline is a certified Myers-Briggs practitioner and a regular speaker and contributor to French and English publications and associations.

Aline has more than 30 years experience in Human Resources discipline and previously led the function for the Hudson’s Bay Company, Loblaw’s and Sears Canada. She is an avid blogger and authored The 10 Essential Steps to Former Executive Immigrants Getting Their Dream Job.

She is a member of the Human Resources Professional Association and received the highest recognition of achievement at Dale Carnegie. She is the founder and President of Aline Ayoub HR Consulting

Compensation Consultant
annaabgaryan@thehumanwell.com

Anna is a Certified Compensation Management professional (CMS) with fifteen years of international HR and compensation experience. She has a wide breadth of compensation experience having worked with a diverse group of global industry leaders in mining, manufacturing, professional services and telecommunications in Europe and Canada.

With a focus on compensation design, Anna has successfully consulted to many organizations to provide recommendations aligned with organizational HR philosophy and strategy. In working with clients, Anna arrives at workable solutions and is skilled at developing a wide range of compensation tools, including customized job evaluations models, market reference and annual merit compensation tools.

Anna is a member of World@Work and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.