Cindy Okoronkwo

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DISC Type : DS

People Director, ABK EMEA (Microsoft Gaming) at King

United Kingdom

Overview

Cindy Okoronkwo is a Career and Talent Strategist with over 10 years of HR leadership experience at prominent organizations like PwC, Visa, and Microsoft (ABK). She holds a Bachelor of Science from UCL and leverages her background to help companies retain key women leaders. People who have worked with her describe her as highly talented, pragmatic, and a natural leader.

She is passionate about helping mid-senior level women find more meaningful and fulfilling career paths that also leave space for their personal lives. Her work focuses on overcoming the feeling of being stuck and realigning professional goals with personal values to achieve a better work-life balance.

After a successful corporate HR career, she founded her own coaching business to address the specific career transition challenges faced by high-performing women.

Personality Overview

Consummate Professional

Decisive But Calm

Long-Term Thinker

They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.  They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Women's Career Progression
Her coaching practice is dedicated to helping mid-senior level women realign their careers to find meaningful work without starting over.
Talent Retention
She specializes in advising organizations on how to maximize the contribution of high-performing women leaders and reduce attrition at key transition moments.
Career Realignment
A core theme in her content is helping clients move past feeling stuck and redesigning their careers to better fit who they are now.

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Work History

8-2024 - 2-2025
People Director, ABK EMEA (Microsoft Gaming) at King
8-2024 - 2-2025
People Director, ABK EMEA (Microsoft Gaming) at Activision Blizzard
7-2023 - 8-2024
Assc. People Director, Corporate Functions (Microsoft Gaming) at King
5-2022 - 6-2023
Senior HR Business Partner, VPL at Visa
4-2022 - 5-2022
Senior HR Business Partner at Mediabrands

Education

Diploma from Animas Centre for Coaching
Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) from UCL

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Insights For Selling To Cindy

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Stick to your standard pitch and qualifying script, don't try to wing it
  • Suggest clear next steps with confidence, don't be vague or hesitant
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside

DONT's

  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Cindy is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Cindy

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Cindy move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Cindy take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Cindy

Personality Compatibility


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