The Head of Human Resources, Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel Lagos, Olalonpe Atunrase has been listed as one of the Top 100 Women in Hospitality in Nigeria.
Rafiat Olalonpe Atunrase is a professionally trained Pharmacist, Procurement specialist, Human resources practitioner and administrator.
She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, a Master of Science in Pharmacology from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos and is a certified member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply management and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management.
She worked with Glaxo Smithline as a Junior Pharmacist (NYSC) between Dec 1996 and 1997, after which joined the services of the Lagos State Hospitals management board, serving as Pharmacist at the Massey Street Children Hospital between February and December 1998 and Senior Pharmacist at the Surulere General Hospital from February 1999 to June 2002.
She left the services of the Lagos State Government in June 2002 when she joined Airtel Nigeria and served as shop and Internal Sales Manager for two years, after which she was deployed as Team Leader for the Sales Order Processing Unit, a position she held for three years. Between 2007 and 2012, she worked at Telecgsm Limited as Manager, Facilities Management and Administration, later redeployed to Manager, Sales, Key Accounts and Premium retail outlets.
Since 2012, she has been with the International Hotel Chain – Radisson Hotel Group as Head of Procurement Department and currently serves as the Head Human resources at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos where her skills span across talent acquisition & talent management, employee relations, performance management, Learning and development to ensure the fostering of a positive workplace culture.
She has continued to provide professional pharmacy advisory services to various organizations, specializing in organizational management, training and strategic vendor management for pharmaceutical start-ups.
She has also attended various executive and management level courses including the Strategic Procurement and Inventory Management course at Philips Consulting, the Logistics Management Programme of the Lagos Business School and the Senior Professional programme of the Nigerian Institute of Purchasing and Management among others.
She supports charitable organizations including the Kehinde Danmole Foundation where she is Non-Executive Director of the non-profit endowment dedicated to assisting the physically challenged and less privileged in education, healthcare, and sustainable development.
Rafiat is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Federal Nigeria Society for the blind and Ikoyi Club 1938.
