About Us

The war for top-performing talent and the increasing globalization of the economy is creating a growing urgency for organizations to prove their leadership in being diverse, inclusive and flexible.  Problem is, while companies know they need to create appropriate programs to retain and advance high-performing multicultural talent, most have no idea how to do it.  HOD Consulting does.

The HOD Consulting team is comprised of highly-qualified executive coaches who have excellent track records of success in corporations and in various fields such as law, finance, marketing, operations management, human capital management, sales, organizational development and management consulting.  Though our executive coaches and consultants come from very different backgrounds, our mission is the same -- to facilitate the retention and advancement of high-performing  multicultural managers in the workforce and to help our clients reap the benefits of a diverse workforce.

Our team of advisers include Harvard and Yale professors of business and psychology and current and former senior diversity officers at the most progressive Fortune 500 Companies, including Jennifer Allyn (PricewaterhouseCoopers, Catalyst), Melinda Wolfe (Bloomberg, American Express), Patricia David (Citi), Anne Weisberg (Deloitte, Catalyst), and Elana Weinstein (Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs).

HOD Consulting was founded by Simi Sanni Nwogugu, Executive Coach and Consultant on Organizational Development.  Simi has over twelve years of finance and strategy consulting experience with various organizations including Goldman Sachs and MTV Networks.  She has also successfully launched and led two organizations, including 2Hats Network and Junior Achievement of Nigeria, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009.

Simi Nwogugu received her MBA from Harvard Business School and a professional certificate in Organizational and Executive Coaching from New York University.   She received her Bachelor's degree with Honors from Mount Holyoke College.  She is married with two young sons and divides her time between her two favorite cities in the world -- New York City and Lagos, Nigeria.

Simi and her path toward developing HOD Consulting is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study titled, An Entrepreneur's Journey: Simi Nwogugu.  She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Working Mother magazine and featured in several books, including Self-Promotion for Introverts and More Than 85 Broads: Women Making Career Choices, Taking Risks, and Defining Success -- On Their Own Terms. 

She is an aspiring writer, movie buff, and loves to dance and cook (though not at the same time)!