Lucia is the founder and director of ‘The sum of’, a business-led HR consultancy, offering integrative solutions in the areas of people strategy, employee engagement and experience, organizational culture and values, and employee wellbeing. In her work, she seeks to find solutions that allow individuals and businesses to grow and thrive together. Lucia is a strong HR generalist with 25+ years’ experience, having operated at senior and executive levels.

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During her career, in the industries of FMCG, Retail, and Hospitality, she has facilitated business success by keeping people and culture at the heart of it. In her career, Lucia has been involved in developing and successfully executing People Strategies; enabling growth journeys through the design and implementation of many leadership programs; she has led culture and values transformation programs, and has evolved HR teams to world-class, technology-enabled business partners.

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She has successfully introduced many first-in-industry interventions to drive employee engagement, employee experience and overall wellbeing. Lucia completed her Masters in Leadership in Performance and Change, conducting her research in the retail environment in South Africa.

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In her business, Lucia consults to various organizations and has developed a technology-enabled wellbeing and engagement solution, called Sumit to support the wellbeing journeys of employees and their organizations. She is also a leadership and personal development coach.